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Scaling web front end

Hi there. I have a web layout originally designed for use with televisions (running from a device with an obscure browser). We detect which resolution the tv is then serve up the corresponding css file and images. These css sheets and images have been scaled specifically for the three resolutions we support - 576, 720 and 1080. Now I...

Using same name for id and classname of an element?

Hi, I have some s in my webpage, is there anything wrong with sometimes using the same name as the classname and id? Something like: <div id='foo' class='foo'>hello</div> just wondering - Thanks ...

Simple CSS Float Problem

I have a simple problem with an image going under text, rather than beside it. Markup is like this: <div class="footer"> <p>bla bla bla bla</p> <a href="url_here" class="next" title="Next"><span>Next</span></a> </div> CSS is like this: div.footer p { color: #FFF; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto; padding:0; b...

Weird jquery behaviour

I'm trying to achieve something really basic but jquery isn't doing what I expect! I have a div with an id of "stuff". In the css I set the display attribute to "none" with the aim of changing it with jquery. This way the div is hidden unless the user has js enabled. My jquery code is simply $("#stuff").show(); unfortunately this isn...

css to replace characters in paragraph tag

Already checked exisitng questions for this, but didn't find an exact match. My aim is to replace characters (like spaces) on a webpage with a small image using css. Example: <p><span>This is a text</span></p> becomes: <p><span>ThisIMGisIMGaIMGtext</span></p> (where IMG stands for a visible image (middot-pic for a space f.e.)) I...

CSS center in IE6, 7, and 8

This code works for IE7 and 8 but not for 6. How can I get it to work for 6. Or is there a better way to do it? #contentLoading { width:90px; height: 90px; position: fixed; top: 50%; left: 50%; background:url(_img/ajax-loader4.gif) no-repeat center #fff; text-align:center; padding:10px; font:normal 16px Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; borde...

How do I get my asp.net MVC application to recognize the stylesheet on the live server?

Hello all, I've been building my sample asp.net application using VWD2008 and the development virtual server that comes with that. I got to the point that I want to make sure that the application behaves correctly on the live server, so I went ahead and published it. Everything seems to working great accept for the stylesheets. None of ...

ASP.NET: I'm getting strange output when styling a Label control...

.labelOne { border-width:thin; border-style:solid; border-color:Red; background-color:Silver; } <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" CssClass="labelOne"> <h1>Hello world</h1> </asp:Label> <br /><br /> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" BorderColor="Black" BorderStyle="S...

CSS Sprite for images which have vertical as well as horizontal repeats

I have four images, one of which has background repeat property in horizontal direction and three of which have background repeat in vertical direction. I have different CSS classes which currently uses this images as under: .sb_header_dropdown { background: url(images/shopping_dropdown_bg.gif) repeat-y top left; padding: 8...

What is the performance impact of CSS's universal selector?

I'm trying to find some simple client-side performance tweaks in a page that receives millions of monthly pageviews. One concern that I have is the use of the CSS universal selector (*). As an example, consider a very simple HTML document like the following: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" ...

print friendly version of floated list

I have a list of phone extensions that I want to print a friendly version of it. I have a print css for it to print appropriately onto paper, the extensions are located within an unordered list, which are floated to the left. <ul> <li>Larry Hughes <span class="ext">8291</span></li> <li>Chuck Davis <span class="ext">3141</span></li>...

CSS: Why is my floated <span> being displayed below an <a>nchor in IE6/7 but not IE8/FF

i'm getting this weird CSS bug in ie6/7 (but not in ie8 or firefox): for some reason, my anchor and <span>, two inline elements, which are on the same line, are being displayed on different lines. the span is floating to the right, too! Here's the HTML: <div class="sidebartextbg"><a href="journey.php" style="width:50%" title="Trac...

Find all CSS rules that apply to an element

Many tools/APIs provide ways of selecting elements of specific classes or IDs. There's also possible to inspect the raw stylesheets loaded by the browser. However, for browsers to render an element, they'll compile all CSS rules (possibly from different stylesheet files) and apply it to the element. This is what you see with Firebug or ...

How to give the appearance of a button with a <div>?

Hi, I'm looking at the buttons used on twitter's home page, specifically the big orange 'signup' button. I see it is defined like this: <p id="signup-btn"> <a id="signup_submit" href="/signup"> <span>Sign Up</span> </a> </p> are they just using css to give the orange button appearance (which may just be a jpg), and al...

Applying drop shadows to divs

Hi everyone, I need a bit of help applying a drop shadow image to a range of DIV elements. The elements in question already have a background image so I am wrapping another DIV around them. Things get complicated further because I'm also using the 960gs CSS framework. This is my current HTML for a content box type display: <div class...

Alternative to position: relative; for overflow: auto; bug in IE7.

I have content arranged thusly: <div id="thumbnails" style="width: 40px; overflow: auto;"> <div style="float:left; width: 20px;">content</div> <div style="float:left; width: 20px;">content</div> <div style="float:left; width: 20px;">content</div> <div style="float:left; width: 20px;">content</div> <div style="float:left; width...

css positioning

Hello, I have uploaded a part of my screen below (link: http://yfrog.com/0d30127380p) It is part of a forum, so there are elements above and below it. The "Response Req.. Date" has a label, a date picker, and two drop down select control for time. I tried setting the width of the datepicker element, and a right margin so that the time ...

Trying to style the first tbody different than others without introducing another class.

I have a table with multiple tbody's, each of which has a classed row, and I want it so that the classed row in the first tbody has style differences, but am unable to get tbody:first-child to work in any browser. Perhaps I am missing something, or maybe there is a workaround. Ideally, I would like to provide the programmers with a sing...

repositioning a <p> from a jQueryUI dialog to centerstage for CSS Print

I'm using a jQueryUI Dialog command to popup a <p> and wish to print just the text of the <p> using the media="print" declarative html code:: <div class="jPajxDialog"> <p class="print"> Some Text </p> <div> I have tried: CSS code:: @charset "UTF-8"; body {visibility:hidden;} .print {visibility:visible;} .noprint {visibilit...

Can I dynamically adjust the height of a css set div border?

Ok so I have a div that contains a few forms that have dynamically generated content. There are categories, that if you click on, slide/toggle down to reveal that categories sub-contents, or projects. Right now, I have it setup so that if the height of the div expands to exceed a set amount, a scroll bar shows up at the side, and the use...