Re: [css-d] I also have a problem with background color change on hover, clearfix hack

2006-03-30 Thread Robert O'Rourke
No problem, I came across the clearfix hack quite recently on http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html, It's useful for keeping your css simple in a complicated float layout without using any additional html. You can treat the containing block as part of the normal flow for

[css-d] I also have a problem with background color change on hover

2006-03-29 Thread Joanie Mae
I also have a problem with background color change on hover, and the fix for the problem K. Wilcox had did not work for me. Perhaps someone can tell me what it is I am not doing correctly. The hover on this site: http://www.changeswlc.com covers horizontally, but not vertically. My

Re: [css-d] I also have a problem with background color change on hover

2006-03-29 Thread Robert O'Rourke
Hi Joan, You get all kinds of problem when you're changing font-size on hover but the problem lay in basic.css, you had a padding-top of 4px on all lis. This css works for FF, not sure about IE but i can't see that it would be any different: ul#nav li { float: left;

Re: [css-d] I also have a problem with background color change on hover

2006-03-29 Thread Robert O'Rourke
Hi Joanie Thats a very odd one, but i've figured it out. I'm not sure why exactly but you have float the a tags themselves left aswell ie: ul#nav li a:link, ul#nav li a:visited { display: block; color: #BE32FE; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: