screen size detect - select CSS

[dE|_]

I have started looking into scripts for screen size detect with the
intention of using them to pick from a number of CSS style sheets tailored
to the size.

Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done? IE am I wasting my
time?

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[Evertjan.]

dE|_ wrote on 07 nov 2007 in comp.lang.javas cript:

I have started looking into scripts for screen size detect with the
intention of using them to pick from a number of CSS style sheets
tailored to the size.

Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done?

screen size != window size != window display size.

IE am I wasting my time?

Also FF [fery futile].

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[Philip Herlihy]

dE|_ wrote:

I have started looking into scripts for screen size detect with the
intention of using them to pick from a number of CSS style sheets tailored
to the size.

Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done? IE am I wasting my
time?

---dE|_---

Bad idea. I once found a website I needed to get information from which
appeared totally blank. Eventually looked at the source, and found that
the designer had selected (Javascript) different layouts and image sizes
for a range of different viewport sizes, and none matched my 1920x1620
screen. Hence, a blank page.

Instead, google for "fluid css layout".

Phil, London

[dE|_]

"Randy Webb" wrote

>>>Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done? IE am I
wasting my time?

Yes, you are wasting your time. Disable scripting and let us all know how
well it works then.

Correct me if I'm wrong but can't you have a 'no script' alternative?

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[PeterMcC]

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"Randy Webb" wrote

>>>>Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done? IE am I
wasting my time?

Yes, you are wasting your time. Disable scripting and let us all
know how well it works then.

Correct me if I'm wrong but can't you have a 'no script' alternative?

This isn't intended to sound as sarcastic as it might at first read but, if
you have a satisfactory 'no script' alternative, why don't you use that
instead?

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>"Randy Webb" wrote

>>>>>Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done? IE am I
>wasting my time?

Yes, you are wasting your time. Disable scripting and let us all
know how well it works then.

Correct me if I'm wrong but can't you have a 'no script' alternative?

This isn't intended to sound as sarcastic as it might at first read but,
if
you have a satisfactory 'no script' alternative, why don't you use that
instead?

It wouldn't be what I'm trying to achieve, it would just be better than the
blank screen I have been told I'll get if JS was disabled etc.

No insult taken my friend.

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[dE|_]

"Chaddy2222 "

You can solve this issue with CSS alone... Google the
"background-repeat" CSS property.

Well I've found codes on forums I was not aware of for;

background-repeat:stretch
and even
background-repeat: expand stretch-left stretch-middle stretch-right;

W3c give background-size examples for body and div but I can't get
anything
from forums or W3c working on IE7 or FF2.

Anybody got a proven CSS method?

I am aware of X, Y, and no-repeats but they do not /Fill/ the page.

Just set your BG image to a width of 100% in your CSS. That should
work.

This is what's doing my bloody head in. W3c say;

body {
background-size: auto;
background-image: url(atwork.jpg) }

I tried that with auto and various % but got nothing but the usual repeats.
I replaced with
background-width: 100% but still getting nothing on either browser. Does
anybody actually _use_ this styling?

Sick of this, hanging up the mouse for the afternoon- got some strumming to
do.

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>"Randy Webb" wrote

>>>>>Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done? IE am I
>wasting my time?

Yes, you are wasting your time. Disable scripting and let us all
know how well it works then.

Correct me if I'm wrong but can't you have a 'no script' alternative?

This isn't intended to sound as sarcastic as it might at first read but,
if
you have a satisfactory 'no script' alternative, why don't you use that
instead?

The browser's elasticy stretching of the image wouldn't be as sharp as
photoshop and I'd rather it was cast iron once determined what viewpoint it
was in.

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[Evertjan.]

Chaddy2222 wrote on 07 nov 2007 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Just set your BG image to a width of 100% in your CSS. That should
work.

How would you do that? Have you ever done that?

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[Randy Webb]

dE|_ said the following on 11/7/2007 9:20 AM:

"Randy Webb" wrote

>>>>Is there a good reason why this is not so commonly done? IE am I
wasting my time?

Yes, you are wasting your time. Disable scripting and let us all know how
well it works then.

Correct me if I'm wrong but can't you have a 'no script' alternative?

If you have a non-script solution then a script solution becomes redundant.

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