css

How to get the maximum possible width of a div?

Hello folks, I need to know how one can get the maximum possible width of a div. Generally, a <div>'s width is limited by it's parent, meaning that it can not be larger than a certain amount. How that certain amount can be calculated? I need this to calculate if the text inside the current <div> has overflown, (since the only way to de...

Please recommend a layout gems for RoR development...

I am doing my application using RoR, which make me very annoying is the layout issue, I know the RoR have a really great MVC to isolate the UI out or the application logic, but it is still really annoying to work with CSS across different browsers. Is there any way to reduce that work load? thank you. ...

How do I put right-hand side navigation bar without hiding scrollbar?

Consider the following page: http://www5.atpages.jp/~syockit/testFixed.html I'm creating a page with a header, a footer, and a middle container having left and right navigation bars and a content area in the middle. The thing is, I want the scrollbar for the content to be on right of the window, as opposed to the right of the content ar...

Image-mouseover, button appears

Hi, please look at my test-page: Test What I like to create: If you hover over the image, the black button with the text and the links will appear. If you leave the image with the mouse, the button (with the text and links) will disappear. How can I create this? It should be work with IE6-7. Please help. THX PS: I used this, to cen...

Jquery style checking and finding the element.

Hello! In my script i'm looking for the DIV which has class .se and has style attribute display: block, and i need the DIV's ID. My method is wrong :( var usedse = $(".se"):has(css('display', 'block')).attr("id"); Could you help me please to fix this? ...

Setting CSS style in <p> not working- Codeigniter

This below code is not applying the class mentioned in the p tag in chrome but working in IE, Firefox <p class="p_error"><?php print $this->validation->errorValue;?></p> Here CSS -> .p_error{ color:red; text-align:left; font-size:12px; } Any hint or reason why its not working? From the chrome output ->using inspect element -> <p class=...

CSS Effected by Javascript for EasySlider 1.7

I'm trying to get a nice overlay effect going with a slider using easyslider 1.7, not only should this include images but also text that represent the image. Now I'm having trouble lining up the text on the page where I need it. http://intranet.streamflame.com That is the home page, The section where you see the black overlay on th...

960gs and backgrounds for margins

Hey people, I'm developing a site using 960gs and I'm running into some troubles. I want to display a small (beveled) border between my columns. One way (i'm using now) is to give the main container a background-image, but this means I have to manually make images for 2, 3 or more columns. I rather set a background to the columns themse...

CSS different font-size Windows/Linux/Mac

I'm using in CSS: font-family:Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif; font-size: 11px; The dimensione of the text in Windows XP/Vista/7 on Firefox/IE/Safari is different from OSx on Firefox/Safari and Ubuntu on Firefox. Anyone know why this happens and has a solution for fixing it? ...

iPad css orientation

Hi guys, i want to test the orientation by using css for ipad.This is the css file i use @media only screen and (device-width:768px) and(orientation:portrait) { body { background: green; } } @media only screen and (device-width:768px) and(orientation:landscape) { body { background: red; } } I am not sure whether this will work or not...

Image floating out of screen

Hi I need to align a image to the center of the browser window, therefore i created the following css: @charset "utf-8"; /* CSS Document */ html { background-color:#CCCCCC; } body { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; } img { position:absolute; border:0px; left:50%; top:50%; margin-left:-156px; margin-top:-217px; } ...

is there any limit on css file size?

I am using ASP.NET MVC to develop a site. The CSS file has grown to 88KB and is having a little more 5,000 lines. I noticed recently that styles added at the end are not there in the browser. Is there any size limit on CSS file or on the number of lines? EDIT: Sorry I forgot to mention that this problem is occurring in Windows 7 both in...

Does IE 8 have a limit on number of stylesheets per page?

In an answer about CSS, a user said: Internet Explorer has is said to have a limit of 4096 CSS rules per file. Reference Also, it has a limit on the number of style sheets you can embed in a single document. I think it is 20. While the reference on MSDN seems to confirm this (and there's a blog post which confirms this in IE7...

Need to compress CSS and JavaScript via PHP but need to know performance implications and how to implement?

I'm currently using PHP to include multiple css (or js) files into a single file (as well as compress the content using GZIP). E.g. the HTML page calls resources like this... <link rel="stylesheet" href="Concat.php?filetype=css&files=stylesheet1,stylesheet2,stylesheet3"></link> <script src="Concat.php?filetype=js&files=script1,script2,...

CSS horizontal imagelist problem in IE

I've coded myself into a CSS corner. I have a list of images that I display next to each other using an unordered list. The unordered list is placed inside a fixed width div, so that each 3 images, the next 3 images will display on the next "row". Each li in the ul does not just display the image, it displays all kinds of stuff, like so...

how to map background image in div tag

I wanted to create a box that you could click on and be forwarded to "#" so I thought this would be a good idea: But unfortuneatly areamaps couldn't be used in div or p tags :/ Anyone have an idea what a good solution would be? ...

Custom folding for CSS in Vim

I came upon this custom folding for CSS in Vim and inspired by it I was trying to make my own with slightly different result in mind. I had to give up as I couldn't make search patterns work in folding function. No surprise to me as I'm rather a Vim beginner :) Any help to achieve the following will be much appreciated. I use empty li...

How do i remove the backgroundcolor in a <th> tag in all IE browsers when using background images?

I'm trying to style my table-head so it has rounded corners with images like this: <tr style="background: url(middleimage.gif) repeat-x;"> <th style="background: url(leftimage.gif) no-repeat;"> title </th> <th> title </th> <th style="background: url(rightimage.gif) no-repeat;"> title </th>...

How do I get iPhone-sized web pages to show up the right size?

I am creating an iphone version of several pages for a website and I am using a javascript file to redirect to the correct page: <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ if((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i))) location.replace("index2.html"); // ]]></script> The page loads fine, but it is ...

overflow: auto in IE7 leaves room for the scrollbar when resizing

Because a customer requested it, I've changed a div to position: absolute; top: 5px; bottom: 5px; overflow: auto; min-width: 945px; which basically works fine in all supported browsers (IE7, IE8, Firefox 3+): It makes the div fill out the available area vertically, and show a vertical scrollbar if it doesn't fit. Note that without the...