On 9/4/18, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/04/2018 02:11 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> On 09/04/2018 01:34 PM, Lee wrote: >>> On 9/4/18, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I'm creating a custom web page to display my SeaMonkey bookmarks my way. >>>> I have chosen to use nested unordered lists. I have ~3500 bookmarks in >>>> >500 folders nested several levels deep. I have two problems. >>>> >>>> The default indentation is too large causing items to line-wrap. >>>> The presence of bullets serves no purpose and is *UGLY*. >>> >>> https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_list.asp >>> >>>> I've been wandering a convoluted path thru the web finding only enough >>>> to tantalize. I keep ending up on poorly designed pages. >>>> >>>> Suggestions? >>> >>> Javascript + CSS to hide/display folder contents >>> https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_display_visibility.asp >>> >>> Allows you to do something like >>> >>> + folder 1 >>> + folder 2 >>> + folder 3 >>> >>> where clicking on a plus sign shows whatever is in that folder >>> (and turns the plus to a minus so you can hide the folder contents again) >>> >>> Lee >>> >> >> It looks like my phrasing led you astray. >> When saying "folder" I was referring to what you see when selecting >> "Bookmarks->Manage Bookmarks". >> >> It might have been cleared if I had said "I have a nested unordered list >> which I wish to resemble a directory tree." >> >> A <ul><li>...<li>...</ul> sequence is almost right. >> I hate bullets. I need smaller indentations. I suspect CSS is the tool. >> Thank you. >> >> > > ul{ > list-style-type: none; > padding: 0; > margin-left: 5; > } > > Gets me almost there, but I can't distinguish between "padding" and > "margin".
I think if you don't have a border there's no difference. https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#box-padding-area w3schools is good for basic examples & explanations but they don't go very deep w3.org sometimes assumes too much background knowledge I haven't found the happy middle yet :( Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
