Any way to control line height without p {line-height;}?

[questionz_99]

I've created a style sheet with three columns contained in a
fixed-width box. The columns are all relative position, percentage
widths. (I wanted to avoid the fixed-width columns in the "Holy Grail"
layout).

I'm using paragraph borders to set off items in the middle column. But
I occasionally want to create paragraphs within those paragraphs, and
that's where my layout screws up (Some of you may have already decided
my layout screwed up long before this moment).

I can use <br> to create space within my paragraph blocks. But I'd like
to reduce the line height. Oops -- line-height is a function of the
<p>. Can't create paragraphs within paragraphs without losing my
borders.

Is there any other way to control line-height?

Thanks.

[Jukka K. Korpela]

qu**********@ya hoo.com wrote:

I've created a style sheet with three columns contained in a
fixed-width box. The columns are all relative position, percentage
widths. (I wanted to avoid the fixed-width columns in the "Holy Grail"
layout).

I'm using paragraph borders to set off items in the middle column. But
I occasionally want to create paragraphs within those paragraphs, and
that's where my layout screws up (Some of you may have already decided
my layout screwed up long before this moment).

I can use <br> to create space within my paragraph blocks. But I'd like
to reduce the line height. Oops -- line-height is a function of the
<p>. Can't create paragraphs within paragraphs without losing my
borders.

Is there any other way to control line-height?

Your message is somewhat difficult to understand. You didn't post a URL.
Using <br> and <p> to create space sounds like an attempt to do styling
_without_ CSS. This suggest that you could benefit from XHTML 3.0, which
was announced exactly three years ago, see
http://w2c.shorturl.com
and has now been finally implemented in Internet Explorer 7, which will
auto-install to all Windows systems (Windows 98 and newer) next
midnight, see
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/

[Schraalhans Keukenmeester]

Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

qu**********@ya hoo.com wrote:

I've created a style sheet with three columns contained in a
fixed-width box. The columns are all relative position, percentage
widths. (I wanted to avoid the fixed-width columns in the "Holy Grail"
layout).

I'm using paragraph borders to set off items in the middle column. But
I occasionally want to create paragraphs within those paragraphs, and
that's where my layout screws up (Some of you may have already decided
my layout screwed up long before this moment).

I can use <br> to create space within my paragraph blocks. But I'd like
to reduce the line height. Oops -- line-height is a function of the
<p>. Can't create paragraphs within paragraphs without losing my
borders.

Is there any other way to control line-height?

Your message is somewhat difficult to understand. You didn't post a URL.
Using <br> and <p> to create space sounds like an attempt to do styling
_without_ CSS. This suggest that you could benefit from XHTML 3.0, which
was announced exactly three years ago, see
http://w2c.shorturl.com
and has now been finally implemented in Internet Explorer 7, which will
auto-install to all Windows systems (Windows 98 and newer) next
midnight, see
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/

April fools, you had me there. Good one!

And indeed, the way OP tries to style his content does not seem to make
a lot of CSSense. If only we got a URL, soooo much easier.

<p> within <p> ? Is that possible at all ? Certainly not in any
standard. Or I just got fooled again. Sigh, not sharp today, not sharp I
says!

Enjoy!

[Bob Jones]

Very simply, I'm talking about controlling line height in the empty
space above and below blocks of text.

The following reduces the line height of a paragraph to 6 points.

p { line-height:6pt; }

The following, when calling the above code, puts a 6-point space
between blocks of text:

<p>&nbsp;</p>

My question: Is there another way to alter line height without using
the <p> tag?

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Bob Jones wrote:

Very simply, I'm talking about controlling line height in the empty
space above and below blocks of text.
You are commenting on something but you are not quoting or paraphrasing
anything. This, as well as fullquoting on the other hand, is a common
symptom of not having read comprehensively what you are referring to.

In particular, you still didn't post a URL.
The following reduces the line height of a paragraph to 6 points.

p { line-height:6pt; }
It suggests _setting_ the line height of _all_ paragraphs to 6 points.
It is a rather absurd setting.
The following, when calling the above code, puts a 6-point space
between blocks of text:

<p>&nbsp;</p>
What it does is rather browser-dependent, but you are generally very
wrong in your guess.

Why do you play stupid tricks with empty paragraphs (explicitly frowned
upon in HTML specs) instead of learning to use CSS? Maybe you should
really take a look at XHTML 3.0.
My question: Is there another way to alter line height without using
the <p> tag?

The question still does not make any sense. Rather surely, your original
problem has nothing whatsoever to do with line height. You just keep
refusing to tell your real problem.

[Bob Jones]

In particular, I won't post a url because I don't have a url. I don't
have a url because I don't have a server. I don't have a server because
I don't have a completed Web site.

If any of you geniuses would spend five minutes responding to an actual
question rather than scolding other posters in this group, it might be
a worthwhile place to visit.

After reviewing the history of the newsgroup, however, I can see where
you prefer to devote your energy.

I'll look elsewhere for assistance.

[Steven]

On 1 Apr 2006 13:45:20 -0800, "Bob Jones" <qu**********@y ahoo.com>
wrote:

In particular, I won't post a url because I don't have a url. I don't
have a url because I don't have a server. I don't have a server because
I don't have a completed Web site.

Can you try setting margin-top and margin-bottom for paragraph ?

--
Steven

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Steven wrote:

Can you try setting margin-top and margin-bottom for paragraph ?

That was already suggested in the part of the discussion that OP refused
to understand, though it's really not a dummy empty paragraph that you
should style.

But the OP already told he will make his contribution to raising the
level on two fora and leave us.