On Sun, 04 May 2008 12:36:55 +1000, IceKat wrote: > > I have a list menu which is supposed to be horizontal and centered. Not a > problem > right? Wrong. There are three problems. > 1. IE7 doesn't use display: inline very well when text is enlarged or made > smaller. > (just try it and see the mess it creates) 2. The width cannnot be set because > the > number of items changes on a regular basis without warning. > 3. Float combined with margin: 0 auto doesn't work because the width of the > ul is > always 100% and can't be set smaller because of the reason given above. > > This is creating a huge problem because I can't center lists without setting > a width. > Is there a way of getting around this in IE7? Is there a javascript or PHP > script which > can detect the width of something so I can put that in to the css? Or just > fix the > problem? > The CSS-discuss Wiki has some ideas[1]. Scroll down to the section "When you don't know the width".
[1] <http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CenteringBlockElement> Cordially, David -- ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
