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"vertical-align: middle" does not align to the middle in Firefox

I'm trying to align some text of different sizes vertically, however, Firefox displays the smaller text way above the middle. CSS: div.categoryLinks { margin: 1em 16px; padding: 0 4px; border-width: 1px 0; border-style: solid; border-color: #ece754; background: #f7f5b7; color: #a49f1c; text-align: center; font-size: 1.4em; } d...

How do I vertically align something inside a span tag?

How do I get the "x" to be vertically-aligned in the middle of the span? .foo { height: 50px; border: solid black 1px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; } <span class="foo"> x </span> ...

Prevent existing CSS from styling injected HTML/CSS

I'm working on a project which injects JS+CSS+HTML over web pages which I do not have control over. I am concerned about the host page styling my injected code -- I want my injected code to only obey my styling, and not theirs. At the moment the only method to do this I can think of involves explicitly specifying every possible tag for...

Is the CSS Standard broken?

With different browsers choosing to render CSS in their own preferred way , whats the point of having a standard? Simple stuff like creating a fluid 3 column layout that works across all browsers can be an experience in frustration. How do you deal with this or make cross-browser compatible development not so painful? ...

CSS acting weird

i have the following css code: .tag { display: inline; font-size: 10px; padding: 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #444; } .tag:hover { font-size: 10px; padding: 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #666; } aside from the background color, and one having the display:inline, there is no difference,...

modify oppacity in iBox javascript file

Hi there. I wish to use the iBox plugin but I don't know how to: 1) disable image resize. 2) modify the opacity of the background. I was trying to modify the ibox.js file and I think that opacity starts from line 330. many thx! ...

How to use css within a javascript function.

Hi, I am using jQuery monthly calender, in which every day is a cell, onClick in the cell, I am able to print the alert, but I also want to change the background color of the cell, on which I clicked. But I am not getting the way to call CSS using javscript. Please help me out. Thanks, Ram ...

How do you display items which can toggle (UI)

Say I have some state which the user can toggle, for example [ON] | [OFF] . Typically, I use ONE switch (BUTTON) and when the thing is ON, the user sees: LIGHT IS [ON] When it is OFF they see LIGHT IS [OFF] My question is: is it obvious (sensible) that one should click [ON] to turn the light [OFF]? How do you do it? Any thoughts ...

"display:none" content copied to clipboard, visible when pasted

Hi all, I'm having a problem with non-displayed HTML elements being copied to the clipboard, and then displayed when the content is pasted into MS Word, Outlook, etc. For example: <p>Hello</p> <p style="display: none;">I'm Hidden</p> <p>World</p> If I view that HTML in a browser, copy the text to my clipboard, then paste into Outloo...

how to set height to the main div?

I need to stretch main div height to the view-port height and place the footer at the bottom of the screen. could anybody solve this? body{text-align:center;} #main{width:200px;margin:0px auto;background:#cccccc;} #header{height:20px;background:#00FFFF;} #content{height:80px;background:#cccccc;} #footer{background:#0000FF;height:20px;} ...

Is this CSS accepted and well-defined, or a failure-prone hack?

Is hiding a <br /> tag with CSS a well defined way to make line breaks conditional on the definition of the tag's CSS style? Is it portable across browsers? When I want it to show, is "inline" the best display type to use? Given the following CSS and HTML, <style type="text/css"> .maybe-hidden {display:inline} </style> abra<br class...

Anyone have ideas for solving the "n items remaining" problem on Internet Explorer?

In my ASP.Net app, which is javascript and jQuery heavy, but also uses master pages and .Net Ajax pieces, I am consistently seeing on the status bar of IE 6 (and occasionally IE 7) the message "2 items remaining" or "15 items remaining" followed by "loading somegraphicsfile.png|gif ." This message never goes away and may or may not preve...

Proper way to change individual list item bullets

I have css like this: .done {list-style-image:url('images/tick.gif')} .notdone {list-style-image:url('images/cross.gif')} And html like this: <ul> <li class="done">Done</li> <li class="notdone">Not Done</li> </ul> Works great on IE6 and FF. Each li item has a different image for the bullet. But all of the docs I see on list-styl...

What's the best semantic way of having a break in a ul-based navbar?

I'm making a ul-based horizontal navbar, but I want to have two levels heading in each item, a bit like this: Nav item1 Nav item2 Nav item3 Nav item1 subtitle Nav item2 subtitle Nav item3 subtitle The subtitle has to be in a different style to the main nav item. I did this first (naively?) by using a ...

Add image to left of text via css

How can I add an image to some text via css? I've got this: <span class="create">Create something</span> and I want to add a 16x16 image to the left of that by using css. Is this possible or should i just manually add this image like so: <span class="create"><img src="somewhere"/>Create something</span> I'd rather not have to manu...

Another Safari width issue with CSS

I am making this web site http://www.christopherbier.com/gbg/locations.html In safari on mac the content div is larger in width than it is in other browsers. It overlaps the right side bar bit. I am not sure how to fix this. Here is my css: #mainwrap { width:1000px; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; background-color:...

HTML form layout with CSS

I need to build a form for data input, let's say FirstName and LastName. I know how to do this with a table. In the first <td> I'd put a label tag and in the second I'd use an input tag with a type="text" attribute. This way the labels and textboxes would be lined up in two columns. Is there a way to do this with CSS? Thanks Lars ...

How do I style link menus for filtering like the 'Dean + Friends' 'Just Dean' 'Just Friends' one on Facebook?

Several pages on our e-commerce web app allow users to filter a status list of requests they've submitted to us. The filters are usually something like: All Pending Completed We have them set up as links. We'd like to style them so that the currently active filter is highlighted with a colored rectangle (w/rounded corners, natch!...

How does the DiggBar work?

How does the DiggBar work? I'm trying to make an ASP.NET MVC DiggBar clone just for learning purposes and does anyone have a suggestion on how to specify the url of the content for the lower frame? How would you go about constructing that in MVC? Also, I know that it is an iFrame, but how do they position it so regardless of scrolli...

Facebook-like friends listing

I want to design my a friends list page that is almost identical to Facebook's, how there is a thumbmail image with some text beside it (that is aligned with the top of the graphic), and then surrounded by a gentle box. Can someone provide some sample HTML/CSS for this? ...