Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning within a table

On Jul 14, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Bobby Jack wrote: > I have a relatively-positioned table, and an absolutely-positioned div in a > table cell within that table: > > http://jsbin.com/erasur > > In Firefox 4 and 5, the div is positioned relative to the document. In > Chrome, and IE 7 (and - maybe -

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning for all page containers okay?

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Bill Braun wrote: >> >> >> Anne McKinsey wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that >>> needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every contai

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning for all page containers okay?

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Bill Braun wrote: > > > Anne McKinsey wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that >> needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every container on >> the page with AP or are there potential problems with do

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning for all page containers okay?

Anne McKinsey wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm setting up numerous web pages with a jquery photo gallery that > needs AP for its main images. Is it okay to set up every container on > the page with AP or are there potential problems with doing so? The > pages look okay on various browsers and no

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

Hi Angela, I'm not sure about the consistency between IE and FF although I think they behave the same as far as I can see. However I found this yesterday which explains positioning in a visual and easy to understand way. I think it's really good. Hope it helps. http://www.barelyfitz.com/screenca

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

To add to what others have said, another issue related to this may be the z-index bug, which can affect the layering of positioned elements in IE7 and lower. Google z-index bug. Rick Gordon -- On 7/30/10 at 12:25 PM -0700, Angela French wrote in a message entitled "[css-d] abso

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

-Original Message- From: Ed Seedhouse [mailto:eseedho...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:31 PM To: Angela French Cc: css-d Subject: Re: [css-d] absolute positioning On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Angela French wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute pos

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Angela French wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. While the others have given you accurate information about how AP works, I should suggest that for laying out major elements of the page you stick to floats and mar

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

Angela French wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. > I just want to confirm what I think is correct about absolute positioning. > My understanding is that an absolutely position element positions itself > relative to its parent container. If the

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning

Good afternoon Angela, It was foretold that on 30/07/2010 @ 12:25:52 GMT-0700 (which was 16:25:52 where I live) Angela French would write: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE > and FF. I just want to confirm what I think is correct about > absolute positi

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning problem in IE6

Hi David, That was very close; I had to add just a few more lines to it: > #logo { > float: left; > margin-top: -10px; > padding-left: 15px; > height: 133px; > width: 278px; > } > #tagline { > float: right; > padding: 45px 18px 0 0; > width: 408px;

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning problem in IE6

Debbie Campbell wrote: > In this page: > > >> http://www.redkitecreative.com/projects/hbs/index.html >> > > My two elements at the top right, #tagline and #header-call-text, are > very out of place in IE6. I've tried placing them in containing divs > with a height assigned, changing posit

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning

--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Scott Wilcox wrote: > I get the position of the containing element (called > 'photoContainer') and add that to the x,y points to give me > my final absolute position. My problem seems to come in when > I'm setting the values for the absolutely positioned > elements. In IE, t

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning on top of an iframe

We decided to go the easier route and not worry about the absolute positioning - thanks for your comment. Thanks. Ruth From: mx.css...@googlemail.com [mailto:mx.css...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:55 PM To: Wishengrad, Ruth; css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning on top of an iframe

Could you give us an example? I'm guessing something like: Previous Next Would be something I'd do... maybe! Ta, ~Mx __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List

Re: [css-d] :: Absolute Positioning Disappears in IE6 & 7 :

2009/2/2 Amrinder > Hi, > > I have done HTML/CSS of a design here: http://demo.awayback.com/ashton . > Everything is fine in firefox, safari, opera but IE 6,7 are not letting > things my way. The top sub navigation and search div are not displayed in > IEs. > Please help asap. > > Regards, > Amri

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning in IE6

Christian Kirchhoff wrote: > http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/downloads/test/index.htm > My problem: there is a p.hint that is absolutely positioned. the > parent container (div#pub) also contains a label (containing a > checkbox and text) that is floated left. > > Part of the problem: If I defi

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:31:54 +0100, Patrik Jansson wrote: > Hmm.. it seems I was a bit too hasty with saying it > works... I installed IE6 now and > saw that the hovers don't work. What could be the problem? You say > that it should have "hover on the simple 'a' as well", but > doesn't it already

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:31:54 +0100, Patrik Jansson wrote: >> On 16.11.2008 15:24, Bruno Fassino wrote: >>> I think they are aligned as desired, but in IE6 your hover is not working. >>> You have >>> used a child selector (like in '.gallery a:hover > img.big') which IE6 >>> doesn't >>> support. I

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

On 16.11.2008 16:09, Patrik Jansson wrote: > On 16.11.2008 15:24, Bruno Fassino wrote: >> I think they are aligned as desired, but in IE6 your hover is not working. >> You have used a child selector (like in '.gallery a:hover > img.big') which >> IE6 doesn't support. I believe you can get rid of it

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

Patrik Jansson wrote: [...] > For example here there are two rows of thumbnails and IE shows the > bigger image 1.5em or so below the line it should be in: > http://www.mondiara.com/x_tlehto.php?lang=en [...] > regards, > --patrik Bruno has covered the haslayout issues with IE6 and IE7. IE8b2 sh

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

On 16.11.2008 15:24, Bruno Fassino wrote: > Patrik Jansson wrote: > >> Thanks! Yes, your fix solved it (at least in IE7), I hadn't heard of >> the zoom-attribute before.. Could someone check e.g. >> http://www.mondiara.com/x_hemvik.php?lang=en on IE6 and tell if the >> the big images are aligned

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

Patrik Jansson wrote: > > Thanks! Yes, your fix solved it (at least in IE7), I hadn't heard of > the zoom-attribute before.. Could someone check e.g. > http://www.mondiara.com/x_hemvik.php?lang=en on IE6 and tell if the > the big images are aligned with the top of the thumbnails like in FF, > Safar

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

On 16.11.2008 13:27, Bruno Fassino wrote: > Patrik Jansson wrote: > In IE, however, the top of the bigger image is a bit lower than the > thumbnails and when there are thumbnails in three or more rows, the > bigger image drops even more down, approximately the height of one > thumbnail. So it looks

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning of an image not working in IE

Patrik Jansson wrote: > I've been working on a site, which has several small image > galleries of > different buildings. Bigger image shows when thumbnail is > hovered over. [...] > In IE, however, the top of the bigger image is a bit lower than the > thumbnails and when there are thumbnails in th

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

Chris Hardie wrote: > And I presume because when the left attribute is assigned a negative > value, the calculation of the canvas's width is not increased, so > scroll bars are not added? The fact is that "browsers" decided to providing horizontal scrolling to one side only - the right side, beca

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

Chris Hardie wrote: > And I presume because when the left attribute is assigned a negative > value, the calculation of the canvas's width is not increased, so scroll > bars are not added? >> Though it is taken out of the normal flow, it is still painted on the >> "canvas" (CSS 2.1: 2.3.1: "the s

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

And I presume because when the left attribute is assigned a negative value, the calculation of the canvas's width is not increased, so scroll bars are not added? > Though it is taken out of the normal flow, it is still painted on the > "canvas" (CSS 2.1: 2.3.1: "the space where the formatting st

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning, off-screen positioning and scrollbars

Chris Hardie wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if someone could point out where in the spec the following > behaviour is defined. If I use absolute positioning to position an > element off the left-hand side of the screen, I don't get any scroll bars: > > > > No scrollbars to see here! C

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning headaches

> from what i've read it is my understanding that absolute positioning will > position an element absolutely based upon the nearest positioned element. so > if i have an absolute position in my code that is directly under a > relatively positioned element it should place it in relation to that obje

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning and Fixed Footer Woes in IE

Mark Henderson wrote: >> [...] So, to reiterate, does anyone know of a way to have a fixed >> width box horizontally centered but always a fixed distance from the >> bottom of the viewport, whilst allowing the content to scroll using >> overflow. I hope that all made sense. Any ideas? then Gunl

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning and Fixed Footer Woes in IE

Mark Henderson wrote: > [...] So, to reiterate, does anyone know of a way to have a fixed > width box horizontally centered but always a fixed distance from the > bottom of the viewport, whilst allowing the content to scroll using > overflow. I hope that all made sense. Any ideas? Yes...

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning bug

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > page w/ absolute position works fine in most or all browsers, except > IE 6 is off by one pixel right, and one pixel bottom... anybody know > why? > http://www.fatgraffix.com/testing/test-absolute-position/absolute-test.html IE6 isn't any good at calculating with odd

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning bug

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >page w/ absolute position works fine in most or all browsers, except IE 6 >is off by one pixel right, and one pixel bottom... anybody know why? > >http://www.fatgraffix.com/testing/test-absolute-position/absolute-test.html > > Hi Francis, I didn't investigate this 1px q

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

Hello, On 6/17/06, Ingo Chao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bernat Lleonart wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to position a legend in a form. I've made te fieldset position: > > relative, and the legend position: absolute. > > > > It works in IE, but not in FF. > > > see the Firefox installation fold

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

Bernat Lleonart wrote: > Hello, > > I want to position a legend in a form. I've made te fieldset position: > relative, and the legend position: absolute. > > It works in IE, but not in FF. see the Firefox installation folder, /res/forms.css legend { position: static ! important; float:

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning of a legend in a form (works in IE but not in FF)

On 6/16/06, Bernat Lleonart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to position a legend in a form. I've made te fieldset position: > relative, and the legend position: absolute. > > It works in IE, but not in FF. > > Any idea where is the problem? Did you try: > leg

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning hidden

On 4/28/06, Bill Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > Adding z-index: 1000 to the #headingFloat style block fixed it for me on > Firefox/WinXp and IE/WinXP. What OS are you using? > > Bill Brown > Webmaster, MacNimble.com > Hi Bill, Just put the z-index to 1000 and it worked a treat,

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning browser differences

Christy Collins wrote: > Are there any resources for understanding the differences between how > browsers render absolutely positioned elements? I have a couple of > different instances that seem to look different on every browser. They should position the same - apart from what might be caused

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning in relative element - bug or misunderstanding?

Jeroen Coumans wrote: > http://jeroencoumans.nl/test/border.html > http://jeroencoumans.nl/test/no-border.html > > ... And even more dubiously, Internet > Explorer seems to do the correct thing - the positioning shouldn't be > affected by the presence of a border, so both files should be > r

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning in relative element - bug ormisunderstanding?

Jeroen Coumans wrote: > Hi all, Hoi Jeroen :-) > I thought I understood absolute and relative positioning > pretty well, but I've hit upon either a bug in Firefox and > Safari (unlikely) or a bug in IE6 (likely) and/or gaps in my > knowledge about this subject (also likely). Please have a look >

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning within a DIV

At 05:41 PM 2/25/2006, Erik Harris wrote: >The work-in-progress page is here: > >http://www.fileh.com/kungfujoe/WebDVD/index.html >[...] >specify offsets with respect to the box's containing block." Isn't a DIV a >containing block? More specifically, how do I make a DIV into a containing >block?

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning inside table cells

Sarah Waterson wrote: > I'm building a page that requires large tables of small table cells. > Inside those cells, I need to layer images on top of one another. I think that, in your place, I'd set-up the images relative to one big div, and let some serverside scripting handle the position-number

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning inside table cells

On 29 Dec 2005, at 7:59 am, Sarah Waterson wrote: > 'm building a page that requires large tables of small table cells. > Inside those cells, I need to layer images on top of one another. I've > found two ways to do this with the position attribute: > > OPTION 1: use a inside each table cell wit

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Greg Morphis wrote: > Hey thanks again for the help.. I'm very happy that you can use it. I still discuss with myself whether I have sinned in the eyes of Deus SemantiMaxus, but as long as it works and provides the overview intented. > Quick question.. it says 10px = 15 mins? > So 40 pxs = 60

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > While this is a great proof of concept, I wouldn't use it on an actual > project. This is really tabular data and belongs in a table. That was my first thought too - looking on the given example. Then I considered the data to be presented, the loads of code that woul

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Wow Jesper thats freaking awesome! I started to build the table but my problem is we're using a java backend to build it dynamically. The java class stores the starttime and endtime and thats it. I can convert that into pixels but converting it into colspans and generating the blank space inbetween

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Jesper Brunholm wrote: >I have an alternativ approach to the solution, using your mentioned >"position: absolute" instead of tables, for two reasons: >Firstly, I was horrified by the huge number of table-cells ;-) >Secondly, I wouldn't like to create the engine behind, administrating >the table-

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Hi Greg and CSS-d I have an alternativ approach to the solution, using your mentioned "position: absolute" instead of tables, for two reasons: Firstly, I was horrified by the huge number of table-cells ;-) Secondly, I wouldn't like to create the engine behind, administrating the table-setup. SO

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Yeah I realized out after someone replied.. was having a major "Duh" moment. Thanks for the tips guys! Now just to work on the dynamic part of it heh.. On 12/7/05, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/12/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh and how would I add the words t

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

On 07/12/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Vacation" using a > table? By putting the text in the table data cell that spans the columns headed by the times that the event occurs. > On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Okay thats cool.. BTW they wouldnt be doing 2 things at once.. but like Meeting from 10-1 and then vacation from 2-6.. multiple things on the same day. Thanks On 12/7/05, Brian Cummiskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Morphis wrote: > > Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Va

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Greg Morphis wrote: > Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Vacation" using a > table? > Vacation __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listin

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Greg Morphis wrote: > okay so using the tables would it allow for multiple enteries on the same day? > Thanks! This doesn't seem like a coding problem but rather a business logic problem?? For example, how can someone be on vacation, and in a meeting at the same time? _

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Oh and how would I add the words to it? like "Work" or "Vacation" using a table? On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > okay so using the tables would it allow for multiple enteries on the same day? > Thanks! > > > On 12/7/05, Brian Cummiskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greg Mor

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

okay so using the tables would it allow for multiple enteries on the same day? Thanks! On 12/7/05, Brian Cummiskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Morphis wrote: > > here's a screen shot of what I'm trying to dupe.. Thanks! > > http://home.alltel.net/omen/schedule_example.jpg > > > I may not sp

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

Greg Morphis wrote: > here's a screen shot of what I'm trying to dupe.. Thanks! > http://home.alltel.net/omen/schedule_example.jpg I may not speak for everyone here, but I would use a table for this. Every half-hour is a data cell, and use the proper colspan's as necessary. Can it be done in pu

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

On 07/12/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have > schedules from 6am - 10pm. Tabular data. Employee 6 AM 7 AM 0 15 and use colspans to mark events that cross more then a single 15 minute slot. > In HTM

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

here's a screen shot of what I'm trying to dupe.. Thanks! http://home.alltel.net/omen/schedule_example.jpg On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have > schedules from 6am - 10pm. > I'm not sure if this is the correct approa

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

I noticed that when I changed the spans to divs, the width worked but of course because divs are block level you can't have more than one on a row unless you change the display to in-line which basically makes it a span. On 12/7/05, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to bu

Re: [css-d] absolute positioning??

A better approach might be to create a class, call it .task. Then the rule might be td .task {background-color:blue;text-align:center;}. And then your HTML would be: Greg Morphis wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have > schedules from 6am - 10pm. > I'm not sur

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning Glitch - IE on Mac

On 24 Nov 2005, at 8:32 am, Chris Akins wrote: > I tried the below suggestion as wells as specifying a width for that > div, margin-left, margin-right, all to no avail. > > Anything else anyone can think of? > > On 11/23/05, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Try: div#search {te

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning Glitch - IE on Mac

I tried the below suggestion as wells as specifying a width for that div, margin-left, margin-right, all to no avail. Anything else anyone can think of? On 11/23/05, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try: div#search {text-align:right;}

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning Glitch - IE on Mac

On 23 Nov 2005, at 7:50 am, Chris Akins wrote: > The on the following page: > > www.springfieldmogov.org > > does not appear in the proper place on IE Mac. > > The css for this page is www.springfieldmogov.org/css/3colTest.css > > I've read some stuff about IE Mac not doing absolute positioning

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning or Float?

> I am working on a personal page that will serve as a > portfolio page and contact website. It will be in > two-column format. I have read advantages for both, > but was seeking advice on should I use absolute > positioning or floating? (or does it matter?) I > appreciate any insight on this topic

Re: [css-d] Absolute Positioning or Float?

> Hi, > I am working on a personal page that will serve as a > portfolio page and contact website. It will be in > two-column format. I have read advantages for both, > but was seeking advice on should I use absolute > positioning or floating? (or does it matter?) I > appreciate any insight on this

Re: [css-d] Absolute positioning containers

If you give a container position: relative, but no top or left value, it'll be drawn as if it weren't positioned, but any absolutely positioned elements inside it will be positioned with respect to it. position: absolute is relative to the last positioned ancestor element (positioned = has pos