That sounds like a good solution. The primary reason we want to switch to EMS is for Accessibility and ability to enlarge text via browser's settings. Will using % for structure be able to accomodate the growing size of the text accordingly if text is in ems? My understanding is that primary structure (like if I have a fixed size of a container in ems instead of pixels) will be able to adjust accordinly to text only if it is in EMS (elastic ?) If it is in percentages , it will scale according to parent - which is a screen size for a container. Therefore, I am still thinking to using EMS even for structural elements, and px for any static border, etc ....
I was thrown off by this article where pixels were described as a preferred method, so wasn;t sure... Thanks to everyone! Anya V. Gerasimchuk Web Designer, IT - Web Shared Services UNIFI Information Technology [email protected] (513) 595 -2391 <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 07/20/2010 11:34 AM Please respond to [email protected] To <[email protected]> cc Subject RE: [WSG] ems versus pixels The basic plan that I follow is to use % for structural items, which generally need to be proportional to other structural items, and ultimately the viewport itself. Then, pixels purely for borders and images, And EMs only for text. Margins and padding can be either pixels, EMs or % depending on the particular situation, ie whether you are using them as structural pieces, for text-indent, or for decoration. My argument for this is that if a box has width:50% or 98% or something like that, it is immediately obvious when reading the CSS how big it should end up; not nearly so obvious with width:43em At the other end of the scale, if you want a fine line, then what you really want is 1px, or 2px for medium etc, not 0.05em or 0.004%, particularly since the latter are more likely to be subject to rounding errors. With text itself, it should then be obvious that EMs are the most appropriate - % may work in a very similar way, but there is plenty of scope for confusion with percentages used for structural elements. As for page-zoom, everyone that I have ever heard comment on it, prefers text-zoom, myself included. Regards, Mike ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] ******************************************************************* ******* This message may contain confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the original message immediately thereafter. Thank you. ******* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
