Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-30 Thread Robert Moser
Chris Stratford blurted out: A really! Thats what it was, ok thanks! That fixed the head problem, now I know why... Can I get around that? Anyway possible? It needs to be absolute - because of the table look it has now... Thanks! Couldn't you do that portion like a three column

RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-30 Thread Chris Stratford
! - Chris Stratford [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neester.com - -Original Message- From: Robert Moser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE. Chris

Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread russ weakley
position: absolute That is the culprit - makes text selection impossible in IE Russ Hey Everyone, Long time since I last wrote to the group! I was just developing a new website, and I have been having that very annoying problem in IE ­ where the text, wont be selectable like

Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread russ weakley
Here is a test page to show you. Check it with Win/IE6: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/jobs/css/try-and-highlight-me.htm You can't select the text. Another gotta-love-ie thing :) Russ position: absolute That is the culprit - makes text selection impossible in IE Russ Hey Everyone,

RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread Chris Stratford
- -Original Message- From: russ weakley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:07 AM To: Web Standards Group Subject: Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE. position: absolute That is the culprit - makes text selection impossible in IE

RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread Peter Ottery
Title: RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE. Russ wrote: Here is a test page to show you. Check it with Win/IE6: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/jobs/css/try-and-highlight-me.htm mmm, interesting, without wanting to sound like an IE fan ;-), I can select that text no problem using

Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread russ weakley
Ok, let me refine my earlier sweeping statement :) In all of the IE's you can double and triple click. In IE6 only, there are drag-selection issues with absolutely positioned items. In IE5 and 5.5, you can drag-select like any other browser - you can start selecting from inside the box or

RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread Chris Stratford
Title: RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE. What build of IE6 you got? I have Internet Explorer: 6.00.2800.1276 And I cant select anything on that page Or mine! - Chris Stratford [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neester.com

Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread Simon Jessey
If I remember correctly, you can get it to work by using Quirks Mode, but that is likely to cause other problems. Simon Jessey -- mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog: http://jessey.net/blog/ work: http://keystonewebsites.com/ - Original Message - Here is a

Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread James Ellis
Taco Two reasons I can think of... *copy and paste with the mouse *select text in a page and do a search for it in a search engine such as Google. Cheers James Taco Fleur wrote: I don't knowfor what reason you want your visitors to be able to select text, but mine is

RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.

2004-01-29 Thread Taco Fleur
What I was saying was/ or trying to say"I don't know for what reasons he wants to fix this problem", I can think of many reasons why! But my main reason is for the one Imentioned. Maybe it's my bad grammar again? Taco Fleur07 3535 5072 Blog: