[css-d] converting a layout of buttons to tableless

Hi, I have been converting some old table-based, doctype-free pages to HTML 4.01 strict and with tableless layout and semantic markup. I am not free to make many visual changes since users are currently comfotable with the layout. I am stumped on what to do about laying out some horizontal rows

[css-d] how high can z-index be reliably?

Hi, I haven't seen a specification on how high I can set the z-index. Perhaps it is browser specific. Is going up to safe? What happens in browsers if the number is too high? Thank you, Peter __ css-discuss [EMAIL

[css-d] why reply doesn't default to list?

Hi, I subscribe to many mailing lists and when I click reply it goes to the list. However with this list it goes to the original poster and the message is not shared for the benifit of all. Why is this? Also I may only be able to help a little and not be able to continue a private email

[css-d] absolute positioning items in self-contained blocks?

Hi, I am trying to turn a definition list into an attractive tabbed pane. The user clicks on one of the definition titles and the associated definition is set to display:block by JavaScript. The CSS part is causing me some grief. In the example below, I would like the grey dl to contain all of

Re: [css-d] CSS to format dl as tabbed pane

Hi Paul, Thanks for the reply. Interesting approach. Is there anyway to avoid this line? top: #em; /* move it down below list of DT tabs */ The reason this causes some grief is I don't know how many rows of tabs might exist or maybe I don't want to add padding to the dt elements

Re: [css-d] Font-weight problems

The k looks pretty good to me. It doesn't really look bold. To me it looks a little thicker because it is bigger but it doesn't look bold. (Mac OS X Firefox and Safari) I was playing with bold and bolder font weights a couple days ago. Made no difference since the font on my computer only had

[css-d] My CSS is wrong or it's Firefox?

Hi, Below is an HTML file that shows a simple little popup menu (with the popups visible.) In Safari 1.3.2 they look the same but in FIrefox 1.5.0.1 the red box for beta is only as wide as the word beta. I think it should extend to the right across all the orange. The second version of the menu

[css-d] My CSS is wrong or it's Firefox?

Hi, Below is an HTML file that shows a simple little popup menu (with the popups visible.) In Safari 1.3.2 they look the same but in FIrefox 1.5.0.1 the red box for beta is only as wide as the word beta. I think it should extend to the right across all the orange. The second version of the menu

[css-d] creating an overlay div

Hi, Suppose I have an inline div and I want an invisible but perfectly matching div overlaying it. How do I do this so that when I resize the window or scroll the two div's remain overlayed? The reason I ask is for detecting a dragging item over a drop zone. The drop zone won't respond to the

[css-d] collapsing divs

Hi, Probably this has been discussed before but I can't find an answer to my question. I hope someone can help me figure out what is going on with this aspect of divs. In the example attached below why doesn't the green div extend at least as far down the page as the blue div? It seems to me

[css-d] dtd strict is adding a space below a gif in a div

Hi, In the example below there is a green area below the image. I don't want this area. If I remove the dtd then the green area goes away and leaves me with what I want. How can I get rid of the green area if I want to write a strict html doc Thanks, Peter !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML

[css-d] feedback about CSS info web page

Hi, I'm new here and have been reading the archives and find the posts really interesting. I've been learning about CSS for about a month and a friend of mine wants to learn too. So I wrote a few things I've learned on a page. I'm new still new at all this so I hope I got it right. I don't want