Geoff Deering wrote: > > I'm quite sure that when the WCAG authors say "absolute" units they are > > talking about pixels. If my memory serves me correctly, they more or > > less say this. Again, it's open to interpretation, but we all know what > > they're getting at, really. > > No, that is not correct, WCAG directly references the HTML and CSS > specifications and does not have their own differing interruptation of any > of the specifications.
Okay, well I took a quick look and there is no direct reference to pixels. It is quite clear that the gist is to use ems or percentages however. In http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CSS-TECHS/#units for example: "...you may position an image to be offset by "3em" from the top of its containing element. This is a fixed distance, but is relative to the current font size, so it scales nicely." > It works for simple layouts, but I don't think it works for complex layouts > across multiple users agents. If it does, can you please show me an > example. http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/063/063.css I don't see what the big deal is. You can just take a pixel-laden layout and replace values with suitable ems values. Why isn't this realistic? Mutley ---------------- Patrick Griffiths (PTG) http://www.htmldog.com/ptg/ http://www.htmldog.com ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
