Nathan wrote:
I am trying to prevent a horizontal list from wrapping. Each list item
is floated with "float: left".
Currently I use an ugly hack. I set the width of the list to a large
number which is guananteed greater than the total width of all items.
Is there a way to accomplish this without my hack? It would be handy
because I would like to read the total width of all items in
javascript. I looked into white-space: nowrap, but it doesn't work on
floats obviously. I also do not want to use tables.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Nathan
Nathan,
The use of float: left pretty much guarantees that the items will wrap,
so you could remove that to start. But if the list is inline text it
will wrap anyway.
The best way to present a problem like this is to upload the HTML and
CSS to a server somewhere an give us the URL. That way we can see ALL
that you are doing (including stuff you might have considered to be
irrelevant), and can copy and modify your work to try various solutions.
It also helps to know WHY you want to do what you want. In this case, I
have no idea why you would want to 'read the total width of all items in
javascript'. If we knew why you want to do that, we might be able to
come up with a more elegant solution (especially given that JavaScript
works only when the user has enabled it).
Chris Beall
