Re: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
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Re: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
> In case anyone doesn't know, see: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-MathML/chap6/ISOAMSA2.html > for a good list of arrows/symbols. thanks for this link. how well are these supported on any browser? i see no notes about it. thanks, corey _ Corey H Maass aka Secret Agent Gel http://www.secretagentgel.com ICQ: 103314728 | AIM: secretagentgel2 Contact: 646/228.5048 - - - - - - - - - - - The Kids Are Bored Live Electronic Music: Wherever you are http://www.thekidsarebored.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
In case anyone doesn't know, see: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-MathML/chap6/ISOAMSA2.html for a good list of arrows/symbols. Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
I had a problem with using these, for some reason the line-height was larger than the actual text, even at the same font size. My case in example; I had a horizontal nav list, and I was using the arrows for dropdown indicators, the heights got out of sync when I used the unicode option so I had to resort to an image. Tim Hill Computer Associates Graphic Artist tel: +612 9937 0792 fax: +612 9937 0546 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Ellis Sent: Monday, 8 November 2004 5:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities Hi I use ▼ and ▲ as solid up/down arrows, works in everything I can lay my hands on apart from a Palm handheld which renders a [?] character or similar. I wrap them in a span and set their font-size to ~ 150% in CSS. There are some unicode links on the WSG resource section. Cheers James On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:42:56 +1100, Jason Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried ↑ and ↓ and they work great in Safari 1.2.1 and > Firefox 0.9.1, but the page says browser support for those entities is > generally very poor. I don't have a PC nearby to test with, and I > have no idea what a screen reader would do. > > Am I out of luck? > > Thanks, > > -- > Jason Anderson > http://www.thenewjhp.com ** 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 **
Re: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
Hi I use ▼ and ▲ as solid up/down arrows, works in everything I can lay my hands on apart from a Palm handheld which renders a [?] character or similar. I wrap them in a span and set their font-size to ~ 150% in CSS. There are some unicode links on the WSG resource section. Cheers James On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:42:56 +1100, Jason Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried ↑ and ↓ and they work great in Safari 1.2.1 and > Firefox 0.9.1, but the page says browser support for those entities is > generally very poor. I don't have a PC nearby to test with, and I > have no idea what a screen reader would do. > > Am I out of luck? > > Thanks, > > -- > Jason Anderson > http://www.thenewjhp.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
You could try the hex values, which seem to have better support: ↑ = ↑ ↓ = ↓ Cheers Rowen Atkinson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Anderson Sent: Monday, 8 November 2004 3:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities I tried ↑ and ↓ and they work great in Safari 1.2.1 and Firefox 0.9.1, but the page says browser support for those entities is generally very poor. I don't have a PC nearby to test with, and I have no idea what a screen reader would do. Am I out of luck? ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
Hi Jason, If you do want to use an image rather than an entity, you can style it to display inline with a height & width of 1em (or something else to your preference). It scales just fine. I haven't checked this across many browsers, but it should be widely supported. Cheers, Mike On Monday, November 8, 2004, at 03:56 PM, Steve Winter wrote: Jason, I can't offer any suggestion, but I can advise that on XP SP 2, in both FireFox 0.8 and IE 6.0 ↑ and ↓ both render fine, and seem to scale okay too... Cheers Steve -Original Message- From: Jason Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:42:56 +1100 Subject: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities Hi, I'm setting up a table which will can be sorted by clicking on one of the headers, and I'd like to display the sort order (ascending or descending) by drawing a little arrow next to the column name. I thought about using an image, but of course it wouldn't scale with the text. Is there a good technique for drawing a text arrow in most browsers, which degrades nicely if it can't be displayed? I found a page which shows some HTML entity codes, including the arrows, at http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/symbols.html I tried ↑ and ↓ and they work great in Safari 1.2.1 and Firefox 0.9.1, but the page says browser support for those entities is generally very poor. I don't have a PC nearby to test with, and I have no idea what a screen reader would do. Am I out of luck? Thanks, -- Jason Anderson http://www.thenewjhp.com ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
Jason, I can't offer any suggestion, but I can advise that on XP SP 2, in both FireFox 0.8 and IE 6.0 ↑ and ↓ both render fine, and seem to scale okay too... Cheers Steve -Original Message- From: Jason Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:42:56 +1100 Subject: [WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities > Hi, > > I'm setting up a table which will can be sorted by clicking on one of > the headers, and I'd like to display the sort order (ascending or > descending) by drawing a little arrow next to the column name. I > thought about using an image, but of course it wouldn't scale with the > text. Is there a good technique for drawing a text arrow in most > browsers, which degrades nicely if it can't be displayed? > > I found a page which shows some HTML entity codes, including the > arrows, at > http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/symbols.html > > I tried ↑ and ↓ and they work great in Safari 1.2.1 and > Firefox 0.9.1, but the page says browser support for those entities is > generally very poor. I don't have a PC nearby to test with, and I > have no idea what a screen reader would do. > > Am I out of luck? > > Thanks, > > -- > Jason Anderson > http://www.thenewjhp.com > ** > 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 **
[WSG] Up and down arrows using HTML entities
Hi, I'm setting up a table which will can be sorted by clicking on one of the headers, and I'd like to display the sort order (ascending or descending) by drawing a little arrow next to the column name. I thought about using an image, but of course it wouldn't scale with the text. Is there a good technique for drawing a text arrow in most browsers, which degrades nicely if it can't be displayed? I found a page which shows some HTML entity codes, including the arrows, at http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/symbols.html I tried ↑ and ↓ and they work great in Safari 1.2.1 and Firefox 0.9.1, but the page says browser support for those entities is generally very poor. I don't have a PC nearby to test with, and I have no idea what a screen reader would do. Am I out of luck? Thanks, -- Jason Anderson http://www.thenewjhp.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
