alternative for <dl compact>

[Peter Crom]

Hi everyone,

I have lists, encoded as <dl compact>...</dl> which runs perfectly under IE
6.0 (for the time being) but not in NN 7.0,
as it was obedient enough to the standards that call this feature
'deprecated'.

It is suggested to solve the problem with css
But how?

is it done by setting the properties for the dt and dd element?
and what properties are involved?

I would like to know, because it's a beautiful feature that may live not
much longer...

Thanks in advance,

Peter Crom.

[Michael Winter]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:41:56 GMT, Peter Crom <pa****@bart.nl> wrote:

I have lists, encoded as <dl compact>...</dl> which runs perfectly under
IE 6.0 (for the time being) but not in NN 7.0, as it was obedient enough
to the standards that call this feature 'deprecated'.

It is suggested to solve the problem with css
But how?

Before I begin, this is completely off-topic in this group. I'll answer
the question (briefly), but if you need any clarifications, you should
post a question to comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets.

The CSS property, display, has a value, compact. The rule you'll want is
something like:

dl {
display: compact;
}

You might want to alter the selector to be more selective, or include
other elements.

This is the section in the CSS 2 specification relating to "compact boxes":

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#compact

Mike
W3C's CSS 2 Specification:

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2

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[Michael Winter]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:01:50 GMT, Michael Winter
<M.******@blueyonder.co.invalid> wrote:

You might want to alter the selector to be more selective, or include
other elements.

That should be a more restrictive selector, not a more selective selector.

Mike

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Michael Winter
M.******@blueyonder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply)