[thelist] css question: no spaces after a line.... layers?

[AtdtXav]

What about absolute positioning with layers?  Could one supply a
H1 tag to a line that's on another layer?

Scott

--- Erika Meyer <meyer at up.edu> wrote:
> >The client does not want space beneath headings. I'd like to
> > accommodate that desire. It does look better, after all. The
> CSS spec's say
> > it should work, using the margin-bottom property.
> 
> The CSS specs say a lot of things should work... in an ideal
> world.
> 
> I tend to vote for "padding" instead of "margin" but who
> cares, as it
> will NEVER NEVER NEVER work in Navigator 4x.  NN will ALWAYS
> put extra
> space under an "H" tag because it believes that "H" tags
> should have
> space beneath them. NN believes that extra space is inherent
> in the
> display of the H tag. If you specify padding, you will only
> get EXTRA
> space underneath.
> 
> If display is most important, use a STRONG tag and declare a
> class for
> it that makes it look like a header. 
> 
> If structure is most important, use a header and explain to
> the client
> that Navigator is naughty.  (and those other browsers you
> mentioned.)
> 
> As an aside, I am no SGML guru, but I see nothing wrong with
> <div>.  In
> fact I find <div> a very useful tag for breaking up content. 
> SPAN maybe
> somewhat, but who knows since it doesn't work right in Naughty
> Navigator.  (I mean, it works even less right than <div>)
> 
> DIV is sort of like drawing little boxes around things, which
> is not
> only visually helpful, it can also be conceptually helpful. 
> Like here's
> this <div> over here, and then you've got the other <div> over
> there...
> and unless you're using XML and can make your own names for
> every tag
> and/or category, I say there is nothing wrong with div-ing up
> content.
> 
> Erika
> 
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