[thelist] CSS Help
Norman Bunn
norman.bunn at craftedsolutions.com
Fri Sep 16 10:37:41 CDT 2005
I found the problem. By zeroing out the padding and margins I spread it
across the entire block. I changed it to 25% left and right and it
works ok. I would really like something that mapped directly to the
text like FF does, but this will do.
Norman
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Pringle, Ron wrote:
>Norman -
>
>
>
>>I have an <.h2> tag that I have defined in CSS. I want to
>>put borders
>>above and below only the text in the header, not the entire
>>header box.
>>When I use a <.span> tag inside of the <.h2> with the appropriate
>>borders, it shows fine in FF but not in IE6. Anyway to get
>>IE to work
>>as desired?
>>
>>
>
>If I understand you correctly, you just want a top and bottom border above
>and below the h2 header text, but not on the left and right sides correct?
>If that's the case, you can define that like:
>
>h2 {
>border-top:1px solid #333;
>border-bottom:1px solid #333;
>}
>
>Substitute whatever line thickness, style and color you want. No need to use
>an extra span. If you don't want the borders to exceed the width of the text
>at all, then just zero out your left and right margins and padding.
>
>
>
>>Another problem is in both IE and FF. I have a product name,
>>AsthmaQuell, that I want to bold and change the colors on the
>>capitalized letters. I have tried several kludgey ways, but
>>would like
>>something more elegant. Has anyone attempted something like this?
>>
>>
>
>For this you will need to use a span and class. Your HTML will then end up
>looking something like:
>
><p>Some words in your sentence <span class="productCaps">A</span>sthma<span
>class="productCaps">Q</span>uell.</p>
>
>HTH
>
>Regards,
>Ron
>
>
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