I tried that too, Hugh, but in Safari the background images on the list items went all the way under the floated image. Each browser seems to have their own reading on where the background of a list should stop.
Here is a sample page with both options: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/jobs/css/list-float.htm?? Note that the float-left option also has display:inline for the wonderful IE Russ > The only other (not quite ideal) solution would be to abandon the > default HTML bullets (list-style:none) and add graphic bullets closer > to your list items: > > padding-left: 1em; > list-style: none; > background: url(images/bullet.gif) no-repeat 110px 0.4em; > > If you increase the right margin on the image just a little you will > have more room to play with. > > A tricky one! > > -Hugh ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
