My style sheet contains this line:
.clearfix {display: inline-block;}
When I validate I get one error: Invalid number : display
inline-block is not a display value : inline-block
The word display links to
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#propdef-display.
That's CSS2, right?
I then
Hi Jan,
Maybe strange questions - Do the users of screen readers have flash? (I
have no idea for a reason why they shloud)
Some screen readers sit on top of browsers like IE. If IE has Flash
embedded in it, and the Flash has been made accessible (see
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/flash/),
CSS 2 - W3C recommendation
CSS 2.1 - Working draft
Until CSS 2.1 becomes a recommendation, which shouldn't be too long
(deadline for comments was July), the W3C validator will use what ever
the current recommendation is.
Regards
Jason
**
The
CSS 2 - W3C recommendation
CSS 2.1 - Working draft
Until CSS 2.1 becomes a recommendation, which shouldn't be too long
(deadline for comments was July), the W3C validator will use what ever
the current recommendation is.
Just to be a touch pedantic, CSS2.1 only needs to become a 'candidate
I'm trying to combine a CSS image rollover with a drop down menu.
Everything is working fine bar the css image rollover.
For some reason the a:hover is not being read. I've probably missed
something very simple but just can't see it.
http://www.re-entity.com/Menu/index.htm
G'day
I'm trying to combine a CSS image rollover with a drop down menu.
Everything is working fine bar the css image rollover.
For some reason the a:hover is not being read. I've probably missed
something very simple but just can't see it.
Your HTML:
lia id=Home title=Home
Hi all,
Anyone know what is the best practise for image replacement with
rollover states for submit buttons.
I tried adding onmouseover class change javascript with:
1. background image for input type=submit /
but - doesnt work for safari, value attribute shows up
2. text-indent=-1000em for
The W3C Internationalization GEO (Guidelines, Education Outreach) Working
Group publishes information to help people understand and use international
aspects of W3C technologies. These articles are likely to be useful to WSG
folks.
In the past month, the group published
- Using
SunUp wrote:
I do realise this is probably a very stupid question, and it's more
than a little scary asking a stupid question on this list, but I'll
wear the result if it means I can understand what I've done wrong.
Thanks,
sunny.
Goodness Sunny,
There really is no such thing as a stupid
Rex,
Safari won't let you style at all.
Take a look at what I did on www.whatcanido.com.au for the search fields
top-left.
Thanks,
Tatham Oddie
Fuel Advance - Ignite Your Idea
www.fueladvance.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Rex
Very simply:
div
pHello./p
p/p
/div
Is there any way to have the second p appear without
inserting a non-breaking space?
Curious.
--
Alan Gutierrez - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://engrm.com/blogometer/index.html
-
G'day
Very simply:
div
pHello./p
p/p
/div
Is there any way to have the second p appear without
inserting a non-breaking space?
Question: What's the (semantic or otherwise) meaning of the empty paragraph?
If it's only there to add extra white-space, why not
John Foliot - WATS.ca
There is no such thing as a stupid question (although
occasionally we will see stupid responses...)
You tell 'em John :)
P
__
Patrick H. Lauke
Webmaster / University of Salford
http://www.salford.ac.uk
Patrick Lauke wrote:
John Foliot - WATS.ca
There is no such thing as a stupid question (although
occasionally we will see stupid responses...)
You tell 'em John :)
P
As a point of clarification, when I say stupid responses, I meant in the
form of condescending or mean responses, rather
Why stop there? Here's the skeleton of a two column table with
summary, caption, header, body and footer. Note that the first
column is designed to be a label for the data in the second.
Also note the placement of the tfoot element in the sequence.
This is important.
table id= class= summary=
* Bert Doorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-08-15 10:18]:
G'day
Very simply:
div
pHello./p
p/p
/div
Is there any way to have the second p appear without
inserting a non-breaking space?
Question: What's the (semantic or otherwise) meaning of the empty
Hi All
We've had a discussion at work about pdf documents and
hijacking the user's browser / making it more user-friendly. What is the
general feeling towards having pdf and other non-html documents open in a new
window?
I personally find it annoying to open a pdf document in the
Hi All
Is there anyone on this list that is going to the blog business summit in
San Francisco this week? I'd like to meet and say hello to any fellow list
members.
http://www.blogbusinesssummit.com/index.htm?businesslogs
Ted
www.tdrake.net
Floating the link left as well as display:block
should make the image sit at the end of the text, as opposed to spaning the
width of the page. This can cause problems in a few older browsers such as
Netscape 6, as once you float something left it is no longer a block
element.
Hope that
Hi Paul
I should have mentioned that the link normally appears within paragraphs of
text. It will sometimes appear as a link inside a list. Floating is an
interesting option for other applications.
Thanks
Ted
-
Floating the link left as well as display:block should make the
Please help as I am
starting to go bald from pulling by hair out over this issue. Is
there anyway (hack) to get Internet Exlporer to abide by the table-cell
property? Or is there a max-height hack for IE?
:-)
Janelle
On 12/08/05, Brian Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This forum has unfortunately degraded from a useful resource in regards to
properly writing code for use by those with disabilities to just another
HTML help group...
Are the disabed really the main priority when it comes to web
standards?
Here is something to remember, even if disabled visitors are not your main
concern.
The biggest blind user in the world is Google.
Code your pages correctly, delivering friendly pages to the disabled and
Google, and your customers will benefit in many ways. It's not just about
doing what is
Hi Duncan,
Is there really that many disabled internet users?
Accessibility is about usability for everyone, not any specific interest group.
Millions of users on the Web don't consider themselves disabled but use
features that we incorrectly consider as accessibility only features. These
I can't remember where I read it but the article claimed that there is
at least 750 million disabled people worldwide. (I know not all of them
are blind etc and is probably not using the Internet... but as Vlad say
Accessibility is about usability for everyone, not any specific
interest group
Hi Ted,
I would say let the user decide. Wherever possible I try to provide enough
information in the link itself so that the user knows what to expect and
can proceed as they wish. Many people will set up their browser to deal
with different file types according to their preference (open the
Myself I would say when possible have an alternate txt or html file. I
strongly discourage pdf on websites unless it is a zip file for download.
As stated by Damian they are annoying for users with modems, and I find them
annoying at all times.
Keep pdf's for printing and inter office.
Bruce
Hi Damian
Thanks for the feedback. We use CSS to place an icon in front of the link to
illustrate the file format as well as the (filename.pdf, 35k) designation.
Is there anyone out there that supports opening in a new window? If not, it
looks like I will suggest we keep it behavior-free.
There is a flip-side to the no new window recommendation..
Many of our users are very computer illiterate and giving them too many options confuses them.
We do open our PDF documents in a new window and never have any complaints about it.
We DO get complaints, though, when things are too
I fall in line with Gary.
I'm savvy enough to right-click on
pdf links but when I forget to do it, I'm aggrevated by the browser
having to load the reader software. I would be happy to have it open a new
window.
This is for an intranet site, but I think
the discussion is valid for all
I'm not familiar with it being a 'web standard' not to open a new window for a
link. Can someone enlighten me?
Paul
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The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/
See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm
for some hints
We have tested sites with both different behaviours on users and in most
cases if the PDF would open in the same window the inexperienced users would
accidentally close the window and as a result lose the website they were
working with.
It seems to be already in the users' minds that a different
I completely concur with Gary as I have these types of files open in a new
window for the very
reasons he stated. Additionally, I've had users report that they close the
window thinking that
they're exiting the document, but they're actually closing the browser.
Respectfully,
Mario
There is a
I fall in line with Gary.
I do to, it just makes sense
I use this: onclick=window.open(this.href); return false; instead of
target=_blank.
This short script doesn't name the window, so it should spawn multiple
popups.
I'd use: onclick=window.open(this.href,'myPopup'); return false;
As a side
Hi Jan,
On 15/08/05, Jan Brasna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some screen readers sit on top of browsers like IE. If IE has Flash
embedded in it, and the Flash has been made accessible (see
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/flash/), then it's exposed to the
screen reader. The reason that screen
Hi Thierry,
This short script doesn't name the window, so it should spawn multiple
popups.
I'd use: onclick=window.open(this.href,'myPopup'); return false;
As a side note, some blockers kill these popups.
The window.open function returns true if successful, otherwise false.
You could use the
background-image, text-indent=-1000em for button type=submit
submit/button
this works for all browsers except onmouseover doesnt seem to work for IE.
On 8/15/05, Tatham Oddie (Fuel Advance) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rex,
Safari won't let you style at all.
Take a look at what I did on
Title: Re: [WSG] accessibility - opening new windows
philosophy
Hi there,
Could be that this discussion has drifted toward usability rather
than accessibility.
Accessibility considerations would be ensuring that users are
advised of what will happened when they activate the link, either than
Gez Lemon wrote:
Hi Thierry,
This short script doesn't name the window, so it should spawn
multiple popups.
I'd use: onclick=window.open(this.href,'myPopup'); return false;
As a side note, some blockers kill these popups.
The window.open function returns true if successful, otherwise
Hi all,
I've been looking around this list, W3C and other online sources, but
can't find any info on applying styles to the html tag.
I apologise if this has been covered on this list before, but is there
any reference on css styling the html tag, and more specifically,
how various browsers will
I use this: onclick=window.open(this.href); return false; instead of
target=_blank.
+1 for onclick=return !window.open(this.href) - successfully tested
with some blockers etc. - better than returnig false everytime (nothing
happens then if JS is enabled but the window can't be opened).
Or
On the whole, I'm very much in the 'user decide' camp. However, there
is some argument for opening PDFs and other
'not-normally-browser-native' media types in new windows (citing the
confusing ways in which plug ins behave).
Personally, I like everything to download and be opened by a native
Are the disabed really the main priority when it comes to web
standards?
Not exactly, they're just one of many groups that benefit. They happen
to benefit quite a lot, of course.. :)
Standards benefit pretty much everyone, whether they realise it or
not. Standards compliant sites are
Hi,
We've had a discussion at work about pdf documents and hijacking the user's
browser / making it more user-friendly. What is the general feeling towards
having pdf and other non-html documents open in a new window?
I view PDF, .MS Office documents etc as *non web content*. That is,
they
any reference on css styling the html tag, and more specifically,
how various browsers will render styles applied to html?
Howdy. The styling is almost the same as the styling of body is - with
the XML way of parsing XHTML files there's no more the magic behavior of
body element like
Sorry, I didn't mean to be patronising.
Oh, I didn't feel it this way, I really appreciate it, I'm sorry if it
sounded ungrateful.
I've no idea if that's typical. I was under the impression that IE
comes with the Flash plugin installed by default, but I don't know
that for sure. I've never
If I'm sure the PDF is intended for downloading, not for direct viewing
in browser I force its download with headers (like Content-Type:
application/x-download etc.)
--
Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com
**
The
Patrick Lauke wrote:
Well folks, here's a crazy idea: let's start some good
discussions on the principles of web standards then.
We need a bit of a catalyst to get things started. Any hot
topics anybody's got at the moment?
With the recent departure of a member who found this forum boring I
Great topic!
I had some experience using xml / xslt earlier this year. I was fiddling with
w3schools xslt tutorial which uses client-side xslt transformation and I
finally saw what all the xml fuss was about. The content could be marked up
meaningfully (according to the actual data) then xslt
Great topic!
I had some experience using xml / xslt earlier this year. I was
fiddling with w3schools xslt tutorial which uses client-side xslt
transformation and I finally saw what all the xml fuss was about. The
content could be marked up meaningfully (according to the actual
data) then
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