[WSG] Styling option [Forms]

2007-11-04 Thread James Jeffery
Hi all I have a select box that has a greater width and hight then the standard size. I am trying to center the default option that displays in the select box. I have tried padding: xem 0; and it centers the options when the list is displayed, but the default option does not change. Basically i

Re: [WSG] Styling option [Forms]

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Knowles
James Jeffery wrote: I have a select box that has a greater width and hight then the standard size. I am trying to center the default option that displays in the select box. I have tried padding: xem 0; and it centers the options when the list is displayed, but the default option does not

Re: [WSG] Styling option [Forms]

2007-11-04 Thread akella
Hi James May be you'd better start thinking about one of those replacement techniques. This for instance http://easy-designs.net/articles/replaceSelect/ On 11/5/07, Chris Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Jeffery wrote: I have a select box that has a greater width and hight then the

Re: [WSG] multilingual website advice

2007-11-04 Thread Andrew Cunningham
A lot of Richard's material and material by other members of the W3C Core I18N WG are quite useful. Have a look at http://www.w3.org/International/ Some additional thoughts. You're approach really depends on the number of languages you need to support and the diversity of languages and

Re: [WSG] multilingual website advice

2007-11-04 Thread Andrew Cunningham
One other thing I forgot to emotion, if you are supporting East or West African languages, or Vietnamese then Unicode normalisation support will be critical. Andrew -- Andrew Cunningham Research and Development Coordinator (Vicnet) State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC

Re: [WSG] Styling option [Forms]

2007-11-04 Thread Tee G. Peng
On Nov 4, 2007, at 5:27 AM, James Jeffery wrote: Hi all I have a select box that has a greater width and hight then the standard size. I am trying to center the default option that displays in the select box. I have tried padding: xem 0; and it centers the options when the list is displayed,

[WSG] z-index problem with dropdown menu

2007-11-04 Thread John Faulds
http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/sites/evolved/sax/ I can't figure out why the dropdowns fall behind the content below them. Can anybody see what I'm obviously missing? :? Cheers John -- Tyssen Design www.tyssendesign.com.au Ph: (07) 3300 3303 Mb: 0405 678 590

Re: [WSG] z-index problem with dropdown menu

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Knowles
John Faulds wrote: http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/sites/evolved/sax/ I can't figure out why the dropdowns fall behind the content below them. seems to me like the dropdowns need a firm hand - try: http://www.saxleather.com.au/index.php?page=homesubrange=crops Can anybody see what I'm

Re: [WSG] z-index problem with dropdown menu

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Knowles
John Faulds wrote: http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/sites/evolved/sax/ I can't figure out why the dropdowns fall behind the content below them. Can anybody see what I'm obviously missing? :? Hi John, I'd have a look at setting a z-index on #sidebar2 (I don't think you have one). Because it

Re: [WSG] z-index problem with dropdown menu

2007-11-04 Thread John Faulds
I've z-indexed just about everything on the page to no avail so far. On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:35:31 +1000, Chris Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Faulds wrote: http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/sites/evolved/sax/ I can't figure out why the dropdowns fall behind the content below them. Can

Re: [WSG] z-index problem with dropdown menu

2007-11-04 Thread Al Sparber
From: John Faulds [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've z-indexed just about everything on the page to no avail so far. #header { position: relative; z-index: 999; } -- Al Sparber - PVII http://www.projectseven.com Extending Dreamweaver - Nav Systems | Galleries | Widgets Authors: 42nd Street: Mastering

RE: [WSG] z-index problem with dropdown menu

2007-11-04 Thread Thierry Koblentz
John Faulds wrote: http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/sites/evolved/sax/ I can't figure out why the dropdowns fall behind the content below them. Can anybody see what I'm obviously missing? :? Hi John, It's a stacking context issue [1], so increasing the z-index value of the dropdown won't

Re: [WSG] z-index problem with dropdown menu

2007-11-04 Thread John Faulds
#header { position: relative; z-index: 999; } I've z-indexed just about everything on the page to no avail so far. Right, well obviously I hadn't. I could've sworn I'd done that for #header as well. Oh well, thanks for the extra sets of eyes guys! :) -- Tyssen Design