Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-05 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > reached by different means. I don't have a "personal preference", so I > look into all solutions, and pick and choose from ideas and > inspiration when/as needed. Guess that's how it should work across > the web. The same here. There is a lot of good stuff out there, very i

Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-05 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Thierry Koblentz wrote: Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Hi Georg, You're floating the right column and you have a few structural hacks for clearing in there. Did you try without floating it? I had much better result that way. Then, the *only* browser that

Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-05 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Yes, that's another variant that'll work just fine. I made one based on > the same idea back in may/june 2004, but Gecko-browsers wasn't > "clearing" too well then: > Hi Georg, You're floating the right column and you have

Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Thierry Koblentz wrote: Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Basically it is this: This technique uses negative margins too, but does not require structural hacks for "clearing", and I believe it has better browsers

Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-04 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > A simple float-design with a little bit of AP, can be as fluid as one > may like it. How about 3-column floats? > > Basically it is this: > This technique uses negative margins

Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-04 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Alan Trick wrote: That's what I had, but AFAIK, you can't have the page resize to fit the viewport without absolute/fixed positioning (unless you use a screwy js hack). If you could prove me wrong I would be very greatful. Personally I dislike absolute positioning. David Laakso wrote: Looks li

Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-04 Thread Alan Trick
That's what I had, but AFAIK, you can't have the page resize to fit the viewport without absolute/fixed positioning (unless you use a screwy js hack). If you could prove me wrong I would be very greatful. Personally I dislike absolute positioning. Alan David Laakso wrote: On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 1

Re: [WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-04 Thread David Laakso
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 11:33:53 -0400, Alan Trick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Disclamer: this was /not/ my idea, the companies graphic designer make me do it :-P The graphics designer at my company has a thing against pages that are larger/smaller than the viewport. As much as I fell this is t

[WSG] position:absolute in IE

2005-04-04 Thread Alan Trick
Disclamer: this was /not/ my idea, the companies graphic designer make me do it :-P The graphics designer at my company has a thing against pages that are larger/smaller than the viewport. As much as I fell this is total nonsense I've tried to comply with her wishes. As always IE is giving m