Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can give me some reasons why doing a three
column layout with floats is 'better' than doing it with absolute
positioning. I have finally achieved the layout I was trying to get by using
a liquid center and two columns absolutely positioned, this was do-able with
Eoin Maguire wrote:
[...]
I am not happy with using positioning instead of floats, but now that
I think about it I amn't sure *why* exactly I have a preference for
floating as a layout method.
Anyone got good reasons for using one over the other or have I just
picked up an irrational
What about using relative positioning? How does that fit in to this
argument?
Thanks,
Stephen
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From: Gunlaug Sørtun [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:59 AM
Eoin Maguire wrote:
[...]
I am not happy with using positioning instead of floats, but now
Stevio wrote:
What about using relative positioning? How does that fit in to this
argument?
It just complicates it ever so slightly, by altering the visual cues :-)
Relative positioning can be used to offset any element - including
'floats', but 'r.p.' leaves the element's original space
Stevio wrote:
What about using relative positioning? How does that fit in to this
argument?
Stephen,
Relative positioning is mainly used to cure IE bugs, occasionally to
shift elements from their normal position, but that's it. It's not used
for creating columnar layouts because the
