can anyone provide insight or a sample of how to create a css based bubble container for html to go inside it?
im looking to make a rounded table. that is to say i want the result to look like a table but with rounded edges. and it would be great to have a slight gradient inside as well.
i found one sample on this site: http://www.seekdotnet.com/ see on the right where they have the "We Are Here to Help!" section.
It is generally called rounded corners. You can do that using css only. Here is a great list of techniques. Also if you want to use javascript or jQuery in specific, there is a plugin for that called rounded corners (note: javascript is not a mandatory for doing what you want, but it is definitely a easy way).
Depends. if you need it to fully compatible with browsers that don't support CSS3, then try Here
if you want css3 rounded corners then try here for:
#example1 {
-moz-border-radius: 15px;
border-radius: 15px;
}
I may have misread the question and, if so, please accept my apologies.
As far as I can tell, the rounded corners in the example you give are, like I previously said in a comment, done by images. You should look into @Teja's answer as he points you in the right direction but, just for you reference, here goes the HTML and CSS used to recreate the layout you mention:
<div id="chat-panel"><h3>We Are Here to Help!</h3>
<p>We are extremely proud of our support and are available to help you at anytime.</p>
<span class="panel-bottom">
<a href="javascript: var e = window.open('http://livechatserver.seekdotnet.com/SightMaxAgentInterface/PreChatSurvey.aspx?accountID=1&amp;siteID=1&amp;queueID=2','chatWindow','width=490,height=404,resizable=0,scrollbars=no,menubar=no,status=no');">
<img alt="Click Here to chat with us" src="/images/button/btn_chat_new.gif">
</a>
</span>
</div>
#chat-panel {
background:url("http://www.seekdotnet.com/images/sidepanel_repeat.png") repeat-y scroll 0 0 transparent;
margin-bottom:1em;
text-align:center;
}
#chat-panel {
background:url("http://www.seekdotnet.com/images/sidepanel_repeat.png") repeat-y scroll 0 0 transparent;
margin-bottom:1em;
text-align:center;
}
#chat-panel p {
padding:0 10px;
}
#chat-panel .panel-bottom, #special-offer .panel-bottom {
background:url("http://www.seekdotnet.com/images/sidepanel_bottom.png") no-repeat scroll left bottom transparent;
display:block;
padding-bottom:10px;
}
after looking over all the notes here and searchign the web high and low i came to the conclusion that this is the best way to get rounded corners...
http://blog.benogle.com/2009/04/29/css-round-corners/
using lines of variable length to create the top and bottom curves.
feedback?
This is the best example and explanation I have seen of box with rounded corners.
There are many ways to do it, use this as some inspiration.
For browsers that support rounded corners, it's dead easy with a simple CSS function:
border-radius:10px;
To support older versions of Firexfox, you will need -moz-border-radius as well.
Internet Explorer doesn't support rounded corners in CSS, but you can use CSS3Pie as a hack to allow it to support them. See the CSS3Pie website for more info on exactly how to use it.
However note that rounded corners on a table element are likely to be problematic. You'll want to wrap your table with a <div> and put the rounded corners on that instead.
A CSS3 rounded corner example to get you started:
<div class="mysexaybox">
<p>Cos boxes were made to be sexay!</p>
</div>
.mysexaybox {
background: #ccc;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ddd, #bbb);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ddd), to(#bbb));
border: 1px solid #bbb;
color: #000;
padding: 4px 8px;
text-shadow:0 -1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
DD_roundies is a decent solution if you absolutely must support IE6-8 (IE9 will support the rounded corners above)