HOW TO: place text on top of a line....

i want to have a thin horizontal line of width 400px with a text placed on
it with background white and the line should go through the middle of my
text vertically, similar to the top of a group box

something like:

----My Text Goes Here----------------------


thanks

"Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:
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>i want to have a thin horizontal line of width 400px with a text placed on
>it with background white and the line should go through the middle of my
>text vertically, similar to the top of a group box
>
>something like:
>
>----My Text Goes Here----------------------[/color]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spartanicus/mel.htm

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But that means that i have no control over the color of the line :-(

i need to specify a single color to be used for "line" & "text"

sorry if i was not clear

please help

PS:- i dont have strip.png file either

"Spartanicus" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:
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> >i want to have a thin horizontal line of width 400px with a text placed[/color][/color]
on[color=blue][color=green]
> >it with background white and the line should go through the middle of my
> >text vertically, similar to the top of a group box
> >
> >something like:
> >
> >----My Text Goes Here----------------------[/color]
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spartanicus/mel.htm
>
> --
> Spartanicus[/color]

"Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>"Spartanicus" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:t8ap21d2ef1n6ojrir6hoifbob14bbs79e@news.spar tanicus.utvinternet.ie...[color=green]
>> "Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >i want to have a thin horizontal line of width 400px with a text placed
>> >on it with background white and the line should go through the middle of
>> >my text vertically, similar to the top of a group box
>> >
>> >something like:
>> >
>> >----My Text Goes Here----------------------[/color]
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spartanicus/mel.htm
>>[/color]
>But that means that i have no control over the color of the line :-([/color]

Are you changing the colour of your text frequently?
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>i need to specify a single color to be used for "line" & "text"[/color]

Then make a line graphic in the appropriate colour.
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>PS:- i dont have strip.png file either[/color]

Make one.

Steve

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Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/>

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>>PS:- i dont have strip.png file either[/color]
>
>
> Make one.
>
> Steve
>[/color]

Better yet, make a blank 1x1 pixel transparent gif and specify the
background color, width and height with css :)

That way you can use the same image for different colors and rectangular
shapes.

Ståle Sæbøe <othmaar@tdz.no> wrote:[color=blue]
>Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> wrote:[color=green]
>>"Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>PS:- i dont have strip.png file either[/color]
>>
>> Make one.
>>[/color]
>Better yet, make a blank 1x1 pixel transparent gif and specify the
>background color, width and height with css :)[/color]

I take it you didn't actally look at the sample code?

To do it your way would involve using more complex code as instead of
a simple background image you would need to use positioning to place
the text on top of the single pixel high div - and in fact you then
wouldn't need the image at all.

Steve

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Mel wrote:[color=blue]
> i want
> something like:
>
> ----My Text Goes Here----------------------[/color]

HTML
<div><h1><span>My Text Goes Here</span></h1></div>

CSS
div {
padding-top: 1em;
background: #fff;
color: #000; }
h1 {
border-top: thin solid #999;
padding-left: 10%;
margin: .5em .2em 0 .2em; }
span {
background: #fff;
color: #000;
padding: 0 1%;
position: relative;
top: -.6em; }

This looks like one of the few cases where relative positioning actually
comes in handy. :) I only tested it in a handful of browsers, so no
guarantees.

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"Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:
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>PS:- i dont have strip.png file either[/color]

I wouldn't recommend that you do one, but if you insist then I'd suggest
that jpeg is a more appropriate format ;-)

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Spartanicus wrote:[color=blue]
> "Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:
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>>PS:- i dont have strip.png file either[/color]
>
> jpeg is a more appropriate format ;-)[/color]

Not sure what the smiley is for, but jpg is not more appropriate for
line drawings, for sure. A plain stripe should be png all the way.

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kchayka <usenet@c-net.us> wrote:
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>>>PS:- i dont have strip.png file either[/color]
>>
>>I wouldn't recommend that you do one, but if you insist then I'd suggest
>>that jpeg is a more appropriate format ;-)[/color]
>
>Not sure what the smiley is for[/color]

http://www.geocities.com/ystradband/bigspender.html

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kchayka wrote:[color=blue]
> Spartanicus wrote:
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>>"Mel" <mel.m.heravi@hp.com> wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>PS:- i dont have strip.png file either[/color]
>>
>>jpeg is a more appropriate format ;-)[/color]
>
>
> Not sure what the smiley is for, but jpg is not more appropriate for
> line drawings, for sure. A plain stripe should be png all the way.
>[/color]

jpeg delivers better overall quality and should be used with a fancy
line with shadows and lightning effects. However, be aware that jpegs
are not transparent and may thus clash with any background colors of the
document (or background images if used as an inline image).

png and gif delivers transparency (thus compatibility with whatever lies
beneath it) but at the cost of "prettyness".

Who is to say what is "appropriate"?