[thelist] RE: How does "Box-in-a-box" hack work?

brian cummiskey brian at hondaswap.com
Thu Jul 15 13:12:35 CDT 2004


Joshua Olson wrote:

>If I would have been asked during the initial planning of the box model, I
>would've suggesting adding a "box-model" CSS element that would allow the
>designer to select which model (width=content or width=outer bounds.. then
>same for height) to apply to a single element.
>  
>

I like this concept a LOT.  I've run into times where like you mention, 
it would be better one way VS the other. 
I wonder if there would be some way to apply this technique in hack/js 
or some other format?


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