[css-d] Columns inside a select

2007-08-23 Thread Les Mizzell
I just got asked this by a client. I don't think it's possible. What they're looking for is a drop down list showing different versions of a product with several attributes all in equal width columns. Kinda like: Item #Size Color Radius --

[css-d] Mad CSS skillz!

2007-09-20 Thread Les Mizzell
Be amazed... http://www.xefer.com/maze-generator __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.

[css-d] Fluid iFrame Height? Argh!

2007-11-13 Thread Les Mizzell
I've got a site that needs to make extensive use of material being served from an outside source (server external to main site server), and about the only way I can seem to keep my formatting to be constant across the entire site is to pull the external material into an iFrame. It there *any* w

[css-d] Two Columns with Center Picture?

2008-05-25 Thread Les Mizzell
Has anybody managed a two column layout, with an imaged centered on the border between teh two columns, with the text corretly flowing around on both sides? Kinda like this? - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | |

[css-d] How to define a section on a page where CSS has ZERO effect?

2006-10-23 Thread Les Mizzell
I need a define an area on a page where dynamic data will be displayed where CSS defined for that page has NO EFFECT on the area at all. Basically inside a highly styled page: Anything the client want goes here, formatted however the heck the client wants formatted - total

[css-d] Stretch Div to Bottom of Browser Window

2006-10-27 Thread Les Mizzell
Sample page from site in question (still in development - ignore obvious goofs!): http://208.112.27.110/index.cfm?action=cmf.about There's a repeating background image that starts right at the banner. This "background-container" div ends after the footer div at the bottom. I've been monking wi

[css-d] Style a input type="file" field in Firefox?

2006-11-15 Thread Les Mizzell
Using the following: .inpt_txt { width: 350px; border: 1px solid #99; margin: 0 6px 0 8px; padding: 0; font-size: 12px; background-color: #F4F7FD; } Works great here: Works here in IE No workie here in Firefox: Ideas?

[css-d] Footer that fills to botom of browser window

2006-11-15 Thread Les Mizzell
I need a site-wide footer that will completely fill the space from the end of actual content to the bottom of the browser window. Sorta like Everything on the page here (mostly dynamic) Nothing here, just a background image Must extend to browser window bot

Re: [css-d] Footer that fills to botom of browser window

2006-11-15 Thread Les Mizzell
Chris Ovenden wrote: > Sounds like you need a background image on the body. The problem I've got is that there's a header area with one background. Then the content-body area with a different background Then the "fill-this-space" footer which would be a third... I see a way I make "fake" it b

Re: [css-d] Disable CSS for a page fragment

2006-11-15 Thread Les Mizzell
> I'm also not a huge iFrame fan, but I have used the method described on > dynamic drives > link below for dynamic resizing of iFrames in the past. I've not used iFrames at all myself (yet). An iFrame doesn't inherit anything (CSS) in the cascade from the page calling it? If that's the cas

[css-d] Background Image Positioned at Bottom Problem with Firefox

2006-11-16 Thread Les Mizzell
This properly positions a background image for the body in IE and Netscape. Doesn't work in Firefox body { height: 100%; background-color: #FF; padding: 0; margin: 0; background-image: url(../images/back_body.gif); background-position: bottom center; background-repeat: no-repeat;

[css-d] Height on list elements go away on horizontal list - suggestions

2006-11-16 Thread Les Mizzell
Reference file here. CSS on the page: http://208.112.27.110/TEST.cfm The two lists are copies of each other. No difference. The CSS for them is exactly the same to, the only difference is "display: inline;" added to li elements on the horizontal list. Roll over the links and you can see what ha

[css-d] fckeditor and CSS

2006-11-27 Thread Les Mizzell
I'm having some issues getting the fckeditor "edit" window display to match what's output on a display page. One issue I think I'm having is that the display page CSS is interfering with the material that's output from the editor. I'm trying to use a "reset" CSS file for the div containing the

Re: [css-d] Styling form elements: input type="file"

2006-12-06 Thread Les Mizzell
Barney Carroll wrote: > Wondering if anybody had any experience of this particular problem. http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 inform

[css-d] IE 7 Survey- what seems the major thing needs fixing in your CSS?

2006-12-12 Thread Les Mizzell
I haven't upgraded any of my testing machines to IE 7 yet, but I got an eye opener over the weekend at a friend's house. First time I've seen IE 7, and half the sites we surfed using CSS layouts were BROKE. Seems I better upgrade and quick to start previewing! So, just a quick survey - 1. Ou

[css-d] tag issues - values passed

2006-12-20 Thread Les Mizzell
I'm using the tag to submit a form as I have text formatting using CS that needs to be done inside the button: Button textlike this Here's the problem - IE and Firefox see DIFFERENT values passed when the button is clicked! When the form is submitted using the button above "action1" is pas

[css-d] A little layout advice please...

2007-04-03 Thread Les Mizzell
Good evening, I've finally run across a layout that I'm scratching my head over. It's a standard centered master div containing a header, two columns under that, and a footer. Left column width is set for nav/whatever. Here's the problem... The right column will contain content that's being p

Re: [css-d] A little layout advice please...

2007-04-04 Thread Les Mizzell
> Perhaps Layout Gala has something you could adapt? > http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/ Hmmm - but liquid layouts (the ones I've seen and worked with) are dependent on the browser window width, and that's not what needs to happen here. This needs to be *fixed* as far as the browser is concern

Re: [css-d] A little layout advice please...

2007-04-04 Thread Les Mizzell
> Sounds like a whole bunch of contradictions It is, that's part of the problem! I'm tempted to say "Can't be done exactly the way you wish..." __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d

[css-d] Different ways of doing the same thing

2007-05-25 Thread Les Mizzell
It's always interesting to look at other folks stuff. I just inherited a site, and in looking at their CSS, the main div is listed thusly: #pageWrapper { width:760px; position:absolute; left:50%; margin-left:-380px; } Where I would have just done: #pageWrapper { width:760px;

[css-d] Floats in Netscape and Firefox Problem

2005-11-07 Thread Les Mizzell
px 0 10px 0; padding: 0; background-color: #B1953A; } #col3 { width: 205px; float: right; padding: 0; margin: 10px 13px 10px 10px; } OK, so what the heck is wrong here? -- --- Les Mizzell __ css-discuss [EMAIL

[css-d] Too Funny, and not really off topic...

2005-11-14 Thread Les Mizzell
in the other room and yelled at me, "What's so funny???", but I couldn't explain it to her. ...and I thought *I* left weird stuff in my comments from time to time!! --- Les Mizzell __ css-discuss [E

Re: [css-d] Too Funny, and not really off topic...

2005-11-14 Thread Les Mizzell
;neither is the bytes used (wasted?) on transmitting it. Yea, I wouldn't put that in my code either. My comments usually mark structural stuff that's maybe not obvious: But, I also tend to sign my pages at the very bottom with a quote of choice and stuff: Something

[css-d] Form is invisable in Safari?

2005-12-02 Thread Les Mizzell
ng: 0; margin: 0 } -- ------- Les Mizzell __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evol

[css-d] Text Wrap and Images

2005-12-06 Thread Les Mizzell
Given the code snippet below, and: 1. div "PIX" is floated left 2. "myPIX.jpg" is called dynamically, so we're not always sure how tall it is... Paragraph Text Starts Here Is there any way to get this to display so that any paragra

Re: [css-d] Text Wrap and Images

2005-12-06 Thread Les Mizzell
> Float the first paragraph left. It also helps if the second paragraph > clears left. But, the problem is ... the picture might be 4 paragraphs tall, or maybe 8, or maybe only 2. -- ------- Les Mizzell __ css-d

[css-d] Horizontal Nav Problem

2005-12-27 Thread Les Mizzell
I'm using a horizontal navigation with sub-list. I've used this on a bunch of sites with no problem. However, I ain't had enough coffee today or something. Here's a quick and dirty version not complicated by anything else on the page: Test Nav File: http://www.columbiacityjazz.com/navTEST.cfm

Re: [css-d] Horizontal Nav Problem

2005-12-27 Thread Les Mizzell
> The reason it doesn't work in ie/win is that that browsers will only > honor hovers applied to 'a' tags. Thats why people have tried > javascript assisted solutions like 'Son of Suckerfish' DOH! ...and there you go! I forgot to include the javascript file!!! Jezz! I haven't made acce

[css-d] Single Checkbox Problem...

2006-01-20 Thread Les Mizzell
I'm doing a vertical style form with CSS like: #contactFORM label { display: block; margin: 5px 0 0 12px; padding: 0; } #contactFORM input { display: block; width: 350px; } Then inside the form: TITLE: Works great. But, I've got a paragraph in the middle of the form and I

[css-d] Form Layout - better table or CSS for this one?

2006-01-29 Thread Les Mizzell
I thought I was getting pretty good at accessible CSS driven form layouts, but I might have met my match this time (meaning - amount of time needed for table layout verses CSS). Here's Photoshop mock ups of two of the form pages. http://www.cyndustries.com/formTEST.cfm This is an 8 multi-page

[css-d] Nav Bar Advise

2006-01-31 Thread Les Mizzell
I'm trying to figure out how to force the width of a list element for a top nav bar to look like this: http://www.cyndustries.com/navcrap.gif Progress so far: Code (abbreviated) looks like... Contact Us News ...and so forth CSS looks like so far #navigation-top-list li { display:

Re: [css-d] Nav Bar Advise

2006-01-31 Thread Les Mizzell
Jonathan Gold wrote: > I don't understand. If they're all the same why do you style each one > separately. Won't it work with one declaration: > > #navigation-top-list li { display: inline; width:74px; > margin-left:10px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom:7px #264073 > solid; } Doh I left p

[css-d] positioniseverything.net page maker in IE7b2?

2006-02-07 Thread Les Mizzell
Has anybody tried the "CSS Source Ordered Variable Border 1-3 Columned Page Maker" from positioniseverything.net to see how generated CSS holds up in IE7b2 yet? Just wondering... __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-d

Re: [css-d] positioniseverything.net page maker in IE7b2?

2006-02-07 Thread Les Mizzell
>>Has anybody tried the "CSS Source Ordered Variable Border 1-3 Columned >>Page Maker" from positioniseverything.net to see how generated CSS holds >>up in IE7b2 yet? > > What stops you from doing it? :-) Win 2000 ain't broke. So I ain't fixed it yet by giving Microsoft more of my money. That'

[css-d] Form Layout "how would *you* do this?" question...

2006-02-20 Thread Les Mizzell
What I'm trying to get is: http://www.columbiacityjazz.com/LEV4_VOUCHERS_DIV_STEP2.gif I've set it up like this: Long Distance Telephone Calls The left/right aligned columns isn't the problem. It's the darned dotted line between them. This same configuration takes place in dozens of

Re: [css-d] Form Layout "how would *you* do this?" question...

2006-02-22 Thread Les Mizzell
> Because of that, I would recommend you to use a table, and not DIVs > (you may have "DIVitis") Also, I would suggest to use a FIELDSET and > LABELs (instead of SPANs with your texts), so the (XHTML) structure > would look like this: > > Short form description > > >

[css-d] OL problem - Numbers/Letters not displaying in Netscape

2006-03-05 Thread Les Mizzell
This is weird. In IE, the OL is displaying correctly 1. Question 1 a. answer 1 b. answer 2 .. In Netscape and Firefox, the numbers/letters are NOT displaying and I get the "dot" instead. Huh CSS: #surveyFORM { font-size: 12px; padding: 8px 0 0 0; margin: 8px 0 0 0; }

[css-d] Float Right Nav Bar Verses a Form SELECT in Firefox

2006-03-06 Thread Les Mizzell
Here's one that's got me tearing my hair out... Have a right floated nav column. Works great UNTIL it ends up on a page with a form on it. As long as the form contains NO , it works great. As soon as I add a select anywhere on the form, the floated nav drops down below the form on the page. I

[css-d] Nav Problem

2006-03-15 Thread Les Mizzell
Maybe I've just been awake too many hours, but I can't find this http://www.takachroe.com/index.cfm Look at the nav. It's not that compliated and works perfect in I.E., but in Netscape and Firefox, there's problems selecting the last two links. It's just a list: Home About Us

[css-d] Including List Bullets Inside Links

2006-03-20 Thread Les Mizzell
I'm using an image for bullets on a list of links. Client want you to be able to click the bullet as well as the link. Short of setting the list with no bullets and including the image like: Link Text 1 Here Link Text 2 Here ...which is pretty nasty I can do this and include the image bull

[css-d] Form Select drop-down causing IE Problems.

2006-06-24 Thread Les Mizzell
I've got a two column layout with the nav on the left. On one page, I've got a form that has a select in it that's on the same plane as the navigation. I'm using the same class on all text inputs and select drop-down. .txtinput { width: 255px; } The form itself is 600px wide. In IE, the en

[css-d] Can click a radio in Firefox

2006-06-25 Thread Les Mizzell
Here's a REALLY weird one. I'm using the format below to lay out a number of forms (actual CSS doesn't matter I don't think). I've removed some crap for simplicity. State In one case, I need two YES/No radio buttons where the label normally is. As far as layout goes, it works fine. Func

[css-d] OVERRIDE Font tag?

2005-05-23 Thread Les Mizzell
n override of the this font tag? I think I sadly already know the answer, but thought I'd ask... -- ------- Les Mizzell __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FA

Re: [css-d] OVERRIDE Font tag?

2005-05-23 Thread Les Mizzell
herit' might be a problem. Yea - works great in Firefox. I.E. ain't doing it though... I'm going to try and strip it out in the Coldfusion output block. Seems to be the only way to get exactly what I want. -- ---

[css-d] Pure CSS Popups IE Problem...

2005-06-01 Thread Les Mizzell
I feel it will look pretty nice once I get the real graphics in there. However, doesn't work at all in I.E., though it works in the myerweb demo well enough. So, anybody got an idea what I've got wrong? -- ---

[css-d] left/right borders on master div problem

2005-09-03 Thread Les Mizzell
.94/contact.cfm CSS: http://65.36.231.94/scc.css The "toppers" with curved corners are gif files. The lft/rht borders are CSS. Ideas? -- --- Les Mizzell __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.o

[css-d] Displays wrong in Firefox until you refresh - Hmmm...

2005-09-07 Thread Les Mizzell
Weird problem in Firefox: Page may or may not do this for everybody, but for me, it loads and the right content panel will often appear under the menu, until you refresh the page, then it display correctly. Seems to be fine in IE. http://65.36.231.94/press.cfm Ideas? -- --- Les

[css-d] Floats Problem

2005-10-25 Thread Les Mizzell
ths of the inner divs are a good bit less than the outer divs. Suggestions? It's some stupid bug or something that I've just not thought of with only one cup of coffee yet this morning... CSS here: http://www.christyfulmer.com/cff.css -- ---

[css-d] Print Page Break with New Headline on Top of Next Page

2005-05-02 Thread Les Mizzell
, so there's no way to hard code anything gin advance... -- --- Les Mizzell __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Su