[thelist] images used as bullets in a list not completely showing

Pat Meeks pmeeks at msn.com
Mon Jul 7 11:52:33 CDT 2003


Lucy:
Here are the relevant messages from the thread....
The "Pat" is me ;-) I don't know trx's name.
Let me know if this helps.

Best regards, Pat

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> Pat wrote:
> > In Opera 7.0, my lists are all screwed up (I'm using images for
bullets).
> I
> > found the fix to get NS6 and IE6 lists to look the same, and it helps a
> > little with Opera lists also, but not enough. I'm wondering if Opera 7
can
> > even use images for bullets?
>
> I have not looked in NN4x, but as to your Opera 7 (I am using 7.11)
problem
> I noticed the same issue some time ago and have never found a really
> satisfactory fix.  I do what you do and that is adjust the white space or
> canvas around the image until I get a reasonable result. What I have found
> that works best for me is to leave a little white space all the way around
> the gif.  That still leaves the image higher in Opera, but it is less
> noticeable when it is further away from the li text.  Of course it also
> moves it a little further away in Moz and IE.  Incidentally, in Moz 1.3
> your list images are clipped at the bottom. Sorry I can't be of more help.
> I hope someone will post a really good solution that we can both use.
>
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> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:34:56 -0700, Pat wrote:
>
> > I'm so glad you verified this...I thought it was me
>
> I was equally glad to see your post.  I have seen very little discussion
of
> this issue around the various likely forums, though there has been some
> mention of it (without a satisfactory solution so far as I know) on an
> Opera forum.  I don't know if this is technically a bug, but Opera's
> display is so eccentric as to make life very difficult for us. The images
> work fine in Opera 6.05, incidentally, though most Opera users are pretty
> fast to upgrade so that is not much help.
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> Pat wrote:
> > Thanks! I'll be back if I can find some sort of workaround.
>
> Pat, I think I have found that workaround.  First, I read on another forum
> that this is an Opera display issue that should get fixed in Opera 7.2.  I
> hope so.  The workaround is to set the bullet image as a *background*
image
> on li. Other than that, the style for li should be something like the
> following:
>
> background-repeat: no-repeat;
> background-position: 5px;
> padding-left: 15px;
>
> You should also set the following style on ul
>
> list-style-type: none;
>
> With this style, I get a very consistent display across IE 6, Moz 1.3, and
> Opera 7.11.  I hope you find this useful.
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