Thanks for the links, Gunlaug. A great css step forward for me, this one! Adam
On 11/18/05, Gunlaug Sørtun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Morris wrote: > > Done it. Georg? margin-right:-6px; did not work on the right side of > > the container but 'margin-LEFT: -6px' did! > > My fault - sorry. Yes, it should be a negative margin-left on the right > container :-) > > > Why do negative margins shift things around in a better way than > > positive ones? > > In your case: the negative margin is pulling in the backside edge of the > floating container - the container becomes so many pixels narrower when > the browser is calculating its space in relation to other elements. > The actual, and visual, width stays the same though, so the containers > starts to cover each other visually. That's one way to make the gap > disappear. > > Note that this is a solution that'll only work well on floats. Floats > can be positioned and manipulated by frontside and backside margins in > many ways. > Create some tests so you know how to control them. It may come handy. > > Example: > <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_chaos_04.html> > > More extreme examples - with IE/win fixes: > <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_demo_float_01.html> > <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_demo_float_02.html> > <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_demo_float_03.html> > ...links to more float-info in the side-column(s). > > regards > Georg > -- > http://www.gunlaug.no > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
