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Better way of writing this CSS?

Hi all, just wondering if there is a better way to write this CSS? It repeats quite a lot, this is a simple example, does it have to be this way? <style type="text/css"> div#leftBlock { position:absolute; z-index: 1; } div#rightBlock { position:absolute; z-index: 1; } di...

input[type="submit"] - change background when clicked

Hi, I have a simple <input type="submit" value="Search"> submit button. In the CSS i have styled it with input[type="submit"] and input[type="submit"]:hover so it changes its background by default and when hovered. Is there a way to change its background when clicked? ...

CSS/Javascript: How to count the number of displayed lines of an element?

Is there a simple way to count the number of lines of a display:inline-block element? I need to know how may lines the child elements are arranged into. Thanks! ...

jQuery working out wrong height, due to @font-face

I have a problem with jQuery and @font-face. I need to work out the height of a <div>, which works fine, but then there is a small delay for the fonts to load and as soon as they do, the @font-face fonts were actually bigger than the fallback fonts, so the height is smaller than it should be. I have tried using Modernizr, but that is n...

CFMENU in IE6 shifts to the left and is wider than containing DIV

I have a horizontal CFMENU inside of a DIV, and in IE7/IE7/FF/Chrome, the menu is floated to the right, as specified in my CSS, but in IE6, the menu shifts to the left of the DIV that contains it, and it's width expands beyond the boundaries of the containing DIV. I've included all the applicable HTML and CSS below: HTML: <body> <...

-webkit-transition not working for height?

I have the following CSS definitions: .detailsCollapsed { display:none; height:0%; width:100%; -webkit-transition:height 40s ease-in-out; } .detailsExpanded { display:block; visibility:visible; height:100%; width:100%; -webkit-transition:height 40s ease-in-out; } These are applied to a div with some...

Banner 100% width extends to window size, but not document size

We have a iamge banner on our web page that is a gradient that is repeated on the x-axis. The problem is, if our content on our web page (which is dynamically created based on data in our database) spans a width greater than the window width, then our banner no longer spans the entire width of the document when scrolled. Anyone know how ...

jQuery: position of a tooltip used in a slider

Hello, I'm using a jQuery Tooltip and a jQuery Slider (jQueryUI) at the same time. The slider works fine. But after scrolling tooltips are displayed at a wrong position (download screenshot or source). I guess it's because of wrong CSS … Why are some tooltips not displayed at the correct position? Thanks Johannes <script src="http:/...

Why is the # selector of lesser specificity than anything?

Big bold caps-lock TL;DR: I KNOW HOW SELECTOR SPECIFICITY IS DETERMINED, I THINK IT USES FLAWED ASSUMPTIONS AND I CAN BACK MY IRRITATIONS UP WITH VALID SET THEORY RELATIONS, PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND EXPLAINING W3 CALCULATION RULES FOR SPECIFICITY, PLEASE READ THE QUESTION <- read that. This has bothered me for some time, when I write a st...

Using a CSS File for site localization.

Hey guys, I'm creating a website with ASP.net MVC 2.0 which uses two different languages (English and Persian). what I want to is I need two have different layouts for these languages, English has a left to right and Persian has a right to left layout. What came to my mind was, if I could have two different css files like when you do i...

How to stop css inheritance in sub unorder list

Hi guys I am trying to setup a menu with sub menu that contains ul. My question is how to remove the sub ul menu background image that inherits from the menu ul. I appreciate any help. Thanks a lot! my html <ul id="menuBar"> <li id="test1">test1</li> <li id="test2"><a href="#">Pro1</a> <div class="subMenu"> <ul> ...

Display a div at a certain width and resize smaller when browser windows shrinks. Without Javascript.

I like to display a div at width, say 900px initially and when the browser window shrinks below 900px, the div shrinks with it. I like to do this without using Javascript. I tried adding min-width:0px to the div but it didn't help. ...

css stretch floating div horizontally

I'm trying to make a div with a static height and variable width. With multiple horizontal tabs. The active tab should stretch horizontally to fill the container and the inactive tabs should shrink back down to their inactive size (24px in this case). I can't quite get it to work. The tab stretches, but too much. It bumps the tabs afte...

CSS: borders between table columns only

Is there a way, using CSS, to show borders in a table between columns only (not on the outer edges)? ...

display unknown number of elements

I need to show "x" number of cateogories in a menu (basically a hidden div that pop up when someone clicks on a nav menu called "Category"). No problem with the div, but I am struggling with arranging the categories in any form of order inside the div. I don't want it to be a single column list an stretch all the way down to the page, so...

HTML/CSS buttons don't show in IE properly

I have four buttons in an HTML form. Here is the HTML: <div class="fileinputs"> <input type="file" class="file" name="uploadedfile" /> <div class="fake...

CSS only drop down menu

Hi guys I am trying to make CSS drop down menu (no javascript involved). According to http://pixelspread.com/blog/289/css-drop-down-menu I only need to add #menuBar #test2 a:hover .subMenu{display:block;} to make the sub menu show up. However, in my code, it doesn't work. Could someone help me about this issue? Thanks a lot! ...

Correct link rel CSS stylesheet not being implemented for a menu

I have menu.php, and in the <head> section of menu.php, I have menu.css as a link rel tag of course, both of which work perfectly fine. Since menu.php is a 'menu', I've required it on pages that need a 'menu' in order to navigate around the website. However, whenever I require menu.php on a page that has its own CSS stylesheet, menu.php...

CSS Hover state question..

Hi guys. I am trying to make drop down menu. Some folks help me on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3314198/css-only-drop-down-menu post. Everything works fine except when I hover my mouse to my submenu. The hover state background image in my #menubar #test2 a:hover will return to #menubar #test2 a state` . I really need to get th...

Put background image over text?

This is not the apparently-common question about how to put text over a background image. I have a background image that I want to work as an overlay -- it should be over the text. For simplicity sake, placing another div over the existing div and giving that the background image is much more difficult. Is it possible for a background ...