Re: [WSG] border vs outline

2007-05-19 Thread Andrew Ingram
Outline would be useful if you could specify the individual top/right/bottom/left components of it. Say you have a site and you want to separate sections with a 1px border at the bottom of each, doing so using border is the obvious option but this interferes with the baseline grid. If you coul

Re: [WSG] border vs outline

2007-05-19 Thread David Hucklesby
On Sat, 19 May 2007 11:18:04 +0100, Designer wrote: > On 18/05/07, Stephen Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I find this invaluable, >>> >>> http://www.webdevout.net/css-hacks >>> > The most valuable part (for me) was introducing me to 'outline' instead of > border. I > confess, I'd never com

Re: [WSG] border vs outline

2007-05-19 Thread Jamie Collins
I would stick with using Border and comensate on the width: and hight: accordingly. As you've already said, IE does nothing, which would probably mean more hassle to make it work ect ect. Stick with border ;) On 5/19/07, Patrick H. Lauke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Designer wrote: > The big qu

Re: [WSG] border vs outline

2007-05-19 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Designer wrote: The big question of course, is whether there is anything undesirable about the use of 'outline'? Outline is used by default in the browser to give keyboard users an indication of which link currently has focus...so just be careful not to override it on links without at least

[WSG] border vs outline

2007-05-19 Thread Designer
On 18/05/07, Stephen Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I find this invaluable, http://www.webdevout.net/css-hacks The most valuable part (for me) was introducing me to 'outline' instead of border. I confess, I'd never come across it before. I've had a quick play and it does validate OK. The i