Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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 layout, something like
this:
html
headtitleThree column header/title
style
#header {
text-align: center;
}
#header_left {
float: left;
text-align: left;
width: 20%;
}
#header_right {
float: right;
text-align: right;
width: 20%;
}
.clearer {
clear: both;
}
/style
/head
body
div id=header
div id=header_leftTITLE/div
div id=header_rightLOGOUT LINK/div
LOGININFO
/div
div class=clearernbsp;/div
div class=contentYour selectable content here/div
/body
/html
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RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
Hey Robert,
You are a genius!
Thank you so much for helping me out on that!
It worked perfectly!
I could never get a 3 column layout working properly without using 1
absolute positioned item.
Thanks so much!
:)
Im sure im not the only person that you helped with that!
Thanks!
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Chris Stratford
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.neester.com
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-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 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 layout, something like
this:
html
headtitleThree column header/title
style
#header {
text-align: center;
}
#header_left {
float: left;
text-align: left;
width: 20%;
}
#header_right {
float: right;
text-align: right;
width: 20%;
}
.clearer {
clear: both;
}
/style
/head
body
div id=header
div id=header_leftTITLE/div
div id=header_rightLOGOUT LINK/div
LOGININFO
/div
div class=clearernbsp;/div
div class=contentYour selectable content here/div
/body
/html
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Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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 normal You cannot ³highlight² text, as soon as you click somewhere in the body the selection pops up from the top of the page to the bottom * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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, 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 normal You cannot ³highlight² text, as soon as you click somewhere in the body the selection pops up from the top of the page to the bottom * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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! - Chris Stratford [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neester.com - -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 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 normal You cannot highlight text, as soon as you click somewhere in the body the selection pops up from the top of the page to the bottom * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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 Win (XP) with IE6. i can drag and select, double click selects a word, triple click selects all the words... no probs pete
Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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 outside the box. The problem in IE6 seems to be when you try and drag across text from OUTSDE the edges of the text's containing box, you cannot select text, or at least it is harder than normal expectation - you have to move slowly or start exactly at the top etc. You can have more luck if you start dragging across content within the box, but it is still a little dodge. If you compare this drag selection to any other browser it is a much harder experience. The problem occurs in IE6 on Win2000 professional for me and WinXP for Peter. Russ 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 Win (XP) with IE6. i can drag and select, double click selects a word, triple click selects all the words... no probs pete * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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 - -Original Message- From: Peter Ottery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 11:01 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: 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 Win (XP) with IE6. i can drag and select, double click selects a word, triple click selects all the words... no probs pete
Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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 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 :) * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
Re: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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 due to the fact I believe some people select the paragraph they are reading for clarity. * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
RE: [WSG] What Causes Selection Problems In IE.
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: http://www.tacofleur.com/index/blog/Methodology: http://www.tacofleur.com/index/methodology/Tell me and I will forgetShow me and I will rememberTeach me and I will learn -Original Message-From: James Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, 30 January 2004 1:30 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [WSG] What Causes "Selection" Problems In IE.TacoTwo 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.CheersJamesTaco Fleur wrote: I don't knowfor what reason you want your visitors to be able to select text, but mine is due to the fact I believe some people select the paragraph they are reading for clarity.* The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
