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Show child element above parent element using CSS

I have two divs, one nested inside of the other. The parent element has a defined width/height. How can I show the child div above the parent (outside of it) using only CSS? EDIT: Sorry, maybe I should clarify that I mean "above" as along the z axis. And yes, I already tried z-index. My problem is that when the child element is larger ...

Floated image to left of a ul is ignoring margin/padding.

I have a paragraph followed by an unordered list, with several list items. I also have an image floated to the left of that. The problem I am having is that the list item margin/padding is being overlapped by that image. I want the bullets that are next to the image to indent like it should. Here is a test I wrote up for debugging, whe...

Is there a way to convert a PDF to HTML / CSS using PHP?

I know solutions exist to get HTML / CSS to PDF, but is there one that works the opposite way? I want to be able to automatically take uploaded PDFs, and turn them into HTML / CSS to be displayed on a website between a header and footer etc. Thanks ...

Changing <a> link underline color

I wonder if there is any trick to solve this problem. I have my link as below text and want to change the underline color. This link contains in many lines which needs to change the underline color to be lighter than the existing one Using border bottom is not the way to solve this because multiple lines. are there any trick to solve...

How do I write internal style sheets in Zend Framework?

I would like to write an internal style sheet to a view in Zend Framework as such <head> <style type="text/css" media="all"> body{ background: #FFFFFF; } </style> </head> I understand that I can write an external style sheet using $this->view->headLink()->appendStylesheet('style.css'); However I cannot find a way to writ...

Cut a string to fit the width of a div and add three dots at the end of the string

How can I cut a string to fit to the width of a div? Let's say I have a long string, like "Anyone can help me to solve this problem" to put in a div 80px wide. What I want is to cut the string to fit the width of the div and add "..." at the end of a word, as in "Anyone can help me..." ...

How to shift a background image with css

I wanted to put a border around a table which has a background image. The border works fine, but when I do this (it is an 8px border) the background image gets cut off by the border. Am I able to shift the background image to start 8px to the right and 8px down? ...

Creating submenu with css in IE

I want to create submenus with css in IE ,but IE does not work with hover action.I don't want to use JavaScript.How can I solve this?.Please tell me the way.Is there another way to create submenus without css and script?If anyone know, pls tell me. ...

IE6 - Elements pop in and out

as u can see from the image above, in IE6 divs with essentially the same markup and css sometimes pop in and out of position, as i move the mouse around. i do not have any hover effect in them ... HTML Markup <div class="block yellow shieldalert"> <div class="content"> <h6>Shield Alert</h6> <pre class="brush:xhtm...

How to apply a class to all button?

In one of my projects I have used input[type="button"] to apply a style to all the buttons. It works fine in all browsers except Internet Explorer 6. It doesn't style the buttons. Is there a solution for this, like creating some class for the button and applying it to all buttons? I want to apply that class to all buttons but not manua...

CSS-P nightmare

I have a container DIV position:relative. Hold everything in it Then one left column one right column, classical layout. Both of them are absolute positioned inside this relative #Main. I want the right to be fluid so I say top: 0px; left: 280px; (left column width) right: 0px all works but bottom:0px does not work. I say height: 100% st...

How can I execute JavaScript onClick of a NON-LINK?

I have some code that runs when a user clicks anywhere in the body of the web page. I only want the JavaScript to run if the click is on a NON-LINK. Any ideas? Thanks Mike ...

Footer on last printed page

I have a web page that a client would like to print, and the part I'm having trouble getting my head around is to get the footer to sit at the bottom of the last printed page, not just when the content ends I tried something like #printfooter{display: block; position:fixed; bottom: 0;} but it displayed the footer at the end of each...

List Item, Two Hyperlinks CSS Design

I need to have a single <li> element which has two buttons inside of it as follows: <li> <a href="#" class="left">The title</a> <a href="#" class="right"></a> </li> With a layout of the button similar to the following: ____________ |_________|__| The background would span the entire button, the <a> tag on the left would be...

Programmatically determine Font-Size for single-line display...

I'm displaying articles on a page. The article titles sometimes spill over onto two lines, and may even have only a single word on the second line. This is very undesirable. Using jQuery/CSS, what would be the best method to programmatically determine a new font-size for the titles to keep them on one line? ...

Animate pseudo class in jQuery

Hi Is it possible to animate a pseudo class when it is activated, for example: I have to the following in my css: #gallery a span { border:#006553 3px solid; position:relative; overflow:hidden; display:block; top:0px; left:0px; height:89px; width:89px; } #gallery a:hover span { border:#f3bd2f 6px s...

jQuery/CSS - need help in selection

with the markup like: <ul> <li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Link 2</a> <ul> <li><a href="#" class="active">Link 2.1</a></li> <li><a href="#">Link 2.2</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> i want to add a class "active" to , Link 2 (line 4), or links that have inner a.ac...

Div "default margins" out of nowhere.

Hi! even after many lines i've written in css and html, the css-behaviour still manages to surprise me - in a bad way. I was putting together a sample site for a friend to show him how he could build his layout, but Firefox 3.0.5 and IE8 create margins between my #header, #content, and #footer-divs out of nowhere. If i switch in IE7 Mo...

Compatibility issues with IE7?

I'm working on a site and having compatibility issues with IE7 (not working) vs IE8/Firefox (working). Can someone take a look at the following CSS and Screenshots and tell me why my site is broken in IE7 and what I can do to fix it? The site in question is live here: CollectionTree and my css part for that view is #landingMainContai...

Javascript that automatically sets font-size on element so that text doesn't overflow? (autofit)

You know what I mean? Like let's say we have: <div style="width:100px;font-size:10px">Some Text</div> But then we could also possibly have a much longer text string in that div, in that case I would want that div to have font-size:7px or whatever, so that the whole string fits without overflowing. I'm sure there's already something l...