I have a page ( www.eastex.net/ben/NewETN/index3.asp) that displays OK in IE,
but not in Netscape. I used a combination of padding-top and height
attributes to get a total height on four cells. Netscape seems to not
respect the padding-top, and only goes by the height, resulting in the cells
being too short.
What options do I have in CSS? I would like to be able to specify the
height by using a definite attribute (I thought height was the answer, but
my text then goes to the top of the cell, and I want it centered).
Please Help!!! You can go to the page to see what I'm talking about.
Thanks,
Ben 16  2417 
Ben wrote: I have a page (www.eastex.net/ben/NewETN/index3.asp) that displays OK
in IE, but not in Netscape. I used a combination of padding-top and
height attributes to get a total height on four cells. Netscape
seems to not respect the padding-top, and only goes by the height,
resulting in the cells being too short.
It isn't clear what you think the problem is. I've just viewed that page in a
number of browsers, and passed screen-shots to Photoshop, and the heights are
not very different. (IE 6, Netscape 7.1, and Firefox 0.8). The heights ranged
from 510 to 519 pixels.
I've just build a table in a test page, and Netscape 7.1 certainly respects
padding all round. (If you mean NN4, I can't comment. I ignore its problems).
Different browsers have different default margins on such things as paragraphs
& headers. It can be useful to set these explicitly.
What options do I have in CSS? I would like to be able to specify the
height by using a definite attribute (I thought height was the
answer, but my text then goes to the top of the cell, and I want it
centered).
[snip]
In general, you can't control tables at the pixel-level via controls on the
tables & cells themselves. At some point, the content will override whatever
controls you try to apply. That is one of the benefits of tables, although it
may not appear that way! For example, your layout breaks quite badly when
viewed with a larger text size. It might break if the user's system had
different fonts from the ones you developed with. You appear to be trying to
position text over the bottom cell of the table using absolute positioning. I
think that is what you are posting about. That is a very risky task.
If you really want pixel-level control of the height (and width) of a table,
you probably need to wrap the content of each cell in <div>...</div>, then
control that <div> via CSS. { height: 300px; overflow: auto; }. The table will
react to the size of that <div>. But this is probably unwise. You would be
much safer allowing the height of the table to expand as much as needed, for
example if the user runs with larger text. This means, don't try to position
text over the table using absolute positioning, but put it *into* the cells,
so it will move with them. As you did with the button in the bottom bar.
--
Barry Pearson http://www.Barry.Pearson.name/photography/ http://www.BirdsAndAnimals.info/ http://www.ChildSupportAnalysis.co.uk/
Ben wrote: I have a page (www.eastex.net/ben/NewETN/index3.asp) that displays OK
in IE, but not in Netscape. I used a combination of padding-top and
height attributes to get a total height on four cells. Netscape
seems to not respect the padding-top, and only goes by the height,
resulting in the cells being too short.
It isn't clear what you think the problem is. I've just viewed that page in a
number of browsers, and passed screen-shots to Photoshop, and the heights are
not very different. (IE 6, Netscape 7.1, and Firefox 0.8). The heights ranged
from 510 to 519 pixels.
I've just build a table in a test page, and Netscape 7.1 certainly respects
padding all round. (If you mean NN4, I can't comment. I ignore its problems).
Different browsers have different default margins on such things as paragraphs
& headers. It can be useful to set these explicitly.
What options do I have in CSS? I would like to be able to specify the
height by using a definite attribute (I thought height was the
answer, but my text then goes to the top of the cell, and I want it
centered).
[snip]
In general, you can't control tables at the pixel-level via controls on the
tables & cells themselves. At some point, the content will override whatever
controls you try to apply. That is one of the benefits of tables, although it
may not appear that way! For example, your layout breaks quite badly when
viewed with a larger text size. It might break if the user's system had
different fonts from the ones you developed with. You appear to be trying to
position text over the bottom cell of the table using absolute positioning. I
think that is what you are posting about. That is a very risky task.
If you really want pixel-level control of the height (and width) of a table,
you probably need to wrap the content of each cell in <div>...</div>, then
control that <div> via CSS. { height: 300px; overflow: auto; }. The table will
react to the size of that <div>. But this is probably unwise. You would be
much safer allowing the height of the table to expand as much as needed, for
example if the user runs with larger text. This means, don't try to position
text over the table using absolute positioning, but put it *into* the cells,
so it will move with them. As you did with the button in the bottom bar.
--
Barry Pearson http://www.Barry.Pearson.name/photography/ http://www.BirdsAndAnimals.info/ http://www.ChildSupportAnalysis.co.uk/
Ok, I abviously know a lot less about CSS than originally thought. I used
the first chapter of Eric Meyer on CSS (showing how to convert from HTML
layout to CSS layout). I assumed that tables must be used still, but can be
a lot simpler and the only formatting needed was the cellspacing.
I'll check into allmyfaqs.com for more learning.
Thanks for the info! Do you recommend where I start when learning how to
layout completely with CSS?
--
Ben
"Brian" <us*****@juliet remblay.com.inv alid> wrote in message
news:10******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com...
| Ben wrote:
| > I have a page ( www.eastex.net/ben/NewETN/index3.asp)
|
| Wow. That's an enormous amount of js. What does it do? Is it necessary?
| you should put it in a separte file, so that non-js browsers won't have
| to download it.
|
| > that displays OK in IE
|
| A happy accident since, it appears, you didn't bother validating your
code.
|
| http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...N%2Findex3.asp
|
| > but not in Netscape.
|
| Which version? 4.x is a completely different browser than 6.x +.
|
| > I used a combination of padding-top and height
| > attributes to get a total height on four cells.
|
| Tables for layout? That's too bad.
|
| http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Tableless_layouts
|
| (tries to hide from the troll who'll likely be along shortly)
|
| --
| Brian (remove "invalid" from my address to email me)
| http://www.tsmchughs.com/
Ok, I abviously know a lot less about CSS than originally thought. I used
the first chapter of Eric Meyer on CSS (showing how to convert from HTML
layout to CSS layout). I assumed that tables must be used still, but can be
a lot simpler and the only formatting needed was the cellspacing.
I'll check into allmyfaqs.com for more learning.
Thanks for the info! Do you recommend where I start when learning how to
layout completely with CSS?
--
Ben
"Brian" <us*****@juliet remblay.com.inv alid> wrote in message
news:10******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com...
| Ben wrote:
| > I have a page ( www.eastex.net/ben/NewETN/index3.asp)
|
| Wow. That's an enormous amount of js. What does it do? Is it necessary?
| you should put it in a separte file, so that non-js browsers won't have
| to download it.
|
| > that displays OK in IE
|
| A happy accident since, it appears, you didn't bother validating your
code.
|
| http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...N%2Findex3.asp
|
| > but not in Netscape.
|
| Which version? 4.x is a completely different browser than 6.x +.
|
| > I used a combination of padding-top and height
| > attributes to get a total height on four cells.
|
| Tables for layout? That's too bad.
|
| http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Tableless_layouts
|
| (tries to hide from the troll who'll likely be along shortly)
|
| --
| Brian (remove "invalid" from my address to email me)
| http://www.tsmchughs.com/
I'm using netscape 7.1 and there is white space below the right panes due to
the padding-top not being calculated in (or so I assumed). I'm looking into
div tags. I know little about them, but hopefully I can learn fast!
Thanks for your help, I'll probably be posting back in the future about
divs!
Humbled,
Ben
"Barry Pearson" <ne**@childsupp ortanalysis.co. uk> wrote in message
news:gq******** *******@newsfe3-win.server.ntli .net...
| Ben wrote:
| > I have a page ( www.eastex.net/ben/NewETN/index3.asp) that displays OK
| > in IE, but not in Netscape. I used a combination of padding-top and
| > height attributes to get a total height on four cells. Netscape
| > seems to not respect the padding-top, and only goes by the height,
| > resulting in the cells being too short.
|
| It isn't clear what you think the problem is. I've just viewed that page
in a
| number of browsers, and passed screen-shots to Photoshop, and the heights
are
| not very different. (IE 6, Netscape 7.1, and Firefox 0.8). The heights
ranged
| from 510 to 519 pixels.
|
| I've just build a table in a test page, and Netscape 7.1 certainly
respects
| padding all round. (If you mean NN4, I can't comment. I ignore its
problems).
|
| Different browsers have different default margins on such things as
paragraphs
| & headers. It can be useful to set these explicitly.
|
| > What options do I have in CSS? I would like to be able to specify the
| > height by using a definite attribute (I thought height was the
| > answer, but my text then goes to the top of the cell, and I want it
| > centered).
| [snip]
|
| In general, you can't control tables at the pixel-level via controls on
the
| tables & cells themselves. At some point, the content will override
whatever
| controls you try to apply. That is one of the benefits of tables, although
it
| may not appear that way! For example, your layout breaks quite badly when
| viewed with a larger text size. It might break if the user's system had
| different fonts from the ones you developed with. You appear to be trying
to
| position text over the bottom cell of the table using absolute
positioning. I
| think that is what you are posting about. That is a very risky task.
|
| If you really want pixel-level control of the height (and width) of a
table,
| you probably need to wrap the content of each cell in <div>...</div>, then
| control that <div> via CSS. { height: 300px; overflow: auto; }. The table
will
| react to the size of that <div>. But this is probably unwise. You would be
| much safer allowing the height of the table to expand as much as needed,
for
| example if the user runs with larger text. This means, don't try to
position
| text over the table using absolute positioning, but put it *into* the
cells,
| so it will move with them. As you did with the button in the bottom bar.
|
| --
| Barry Pearson
| http://www.Barry.Pearson.name/photography/
| http://www.BirdsAndAnimals.info/
| http://www.ChildSupportAnalysis.co.uk/
|
|
I'm using netscape 7.1 and there is white space below the right panes due to
the padding-top not being calculated in (or so I assumed). I'm looking into
div tags. I know little about them, but hopefully I can learn fast!
Thanks for your help, I'll probably be posting back in the future about
divs!
Humbled,
Ben
"Barry Pearson" <ne**@childsupp ortanalysis.co. uk> wrote in message
news:gq******** *******@newsfe3-win.server.ntli .net...
| Ben wrote:
| > I have a page ( www.eastex.net/ben/NewETN/index3.asp) that displays OK
| > in IE, but not in Netscape. I used a combination of padding-top and
| > height attributes to get a total height on four cells. Netscape
| > seems to not respect the padding-top, and only goes by the height,
| > resulting in the cells being too short.
|
| It isn't clear what you think the problem is. I've just viewed that page
in a
| number of browsers, and passed screen-shots to Photoshop, and the heights
are
| not very different. (IE 6, Netscape 7.1, and Firefox 0.8). The heights
ranged
| from 510 to 519 pixels.
|
| I've just build a table in a test page, and Netscape 7.1 certainly
respects
| padding all round. (If you mean NN4, I can't comment. I ignore its
problems).
|
| Different browsers have different default margins on such things as
paragraphs
| & headers. It can be useful to set these explicitly.
|
| > What options do I have in CSS? I would like to be able to specify the
| > height by using a definite attribute (I thought height was the
| > answer, but my text then goes to the top of the cell, and I want it
| > centered).
| [snip]
|
| In general, you can't control tables at the pixel-level via controls on
the
| tables & cells themselves. At some point, the content will override
whatever
| controls you try to apply. That is one of the benefits of tables, although
it
| may not appear that way! For example, your layout breaks quite badly when
| viewed with a larger text size. It might break if the user's system had
| different fonts from the ones you developed with. You appear to be trying
to
| position text over the bottom cell of the table using absolute
positioning. I
| think that is what you are posting about. That is a very risky task.
|
| If you really want pixel-level control of the height (and width) of a
table,
| you probably need to wrap the content of each cell in <div>...</div>, then
| control that <div> via CSS. { height: 300px; overflow: auto; }. The table
will
| react to the size of that <div>. But this is probably unwise. You would be
| much safer allowing the height of the table to expand as much as needed,
for
| example if the user runs with larger text. This means, don't try to
position
| text over the table using absolute positioning, but put it *into* the
cells,
| so it will move with them. As you did with the button in the bottom bar.
|
| --
| Barry Pearson
| http://www.Barry.Pearson.name/photography/
| http://www.BirdsAndAnimals.info/
| http://www.ChildSupportAnalysis.co.uk/
|
|
Ben wrote: Ok, I abviously know a lot less about CSS than originally thought. I
used the first chapter of Eric Meyer on CSS (showing how to convert
from HTML layout to CSS layout). I assumed that tables must be used
still, but can be a lot simpler and the only formatting needed was
the cellspacing.
[snip]
They are neither mandatory nor prohibited. They are simply a technique for you
to use if they suit your purpose at any time.
But, indeed, if you use them, make them simple and control them via CSS.
--
Barry Pearson http://www.Barry.Pearson.name/photography/ http://www.BirdsAndAnimals.info/ http://www.ChildSupportAnalysis.co.uk/ This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics | |
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