Re: [WSG] IE float quest

2005-12-19 Thread tee
On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Bert Doorn wrote: Seems a bit of overkill for a single rule. I avoid hacks wherever possible, but if you do need one, it's better placed in the CSS file (e.g. with a * html hack). Bert, I rarely use hacks for my sites and never really learn how to use

RE: [WSG] IE float quest

2005-12-19 Thread Geoff Pack
Tee, I suspect the problem is the IE box model. You have set a width and padding for #formWrapper. Increasing the width of the #container by 20px, which is the amount of padding on the #formWrapper, seems to fix the problem. #container { width: 825px; ...} cheers, Geoff.

Re: [WSG] IE float quest -SOLVED

2005-12-19 Thread tee
On Dec 19, 2005, at 1:40 AM, Geoff Pack wrote: Tee, I suspect the problem is the IE box model. You have set a width and padding for #formWrapper. Increasing the width of the #container by 20px, which is the amount of padding on the #formWrapper, seems to fix the problem. #container {

RE: [WSG] IE float quest -SOLVED

2005-12-19 Thread Geoff Pack
, Geoff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of tee Sent: Monday, 19 December 2005 9:53 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE float quest -SOLVED On Dec 19, 2005, at 1:40 AM, Geoff Pack wrote: Tee, I suspect

Re: [WSG] IE float quest

2005-12-18 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day So I declared 'display: inline' in the #formWrapper, it solves the problem but my background color shrinks to a small square above the the form in Firefox and Opera (both PC and Mac); in Safari and IE, the background color completely gone. Have you tried display:inline-block ?

Re: [WSG] IE float quest

2005-12-18 Thread tee
On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:42 PM, Bert Doorn wrote: Have you tried display:inline-block ? It's valid CSS [1], Mozilla ignores it and it ~may~ do what you want it to in MSIE. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-display Hi Bert, no, display:inline-block doesn't work however

Re: [WSG] IE float quest

2005-12-18 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day Hi Bert, no, display:inline-block doesn't work however your suggestion prompted to use the IE conditional comments in my html' .head tag. Seems a bit of overkill for a single rule. I avoid hacks wherever possible, but if you do need one, it's better placed in the CSS file (e.g.