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Easy equal height DIVs without JavaScript possible?

I've worked mostly with table-based layouts up to this point, but since it's considered a no-go thing of the past now I've taken on the task of learning DIV-based layouting. One of the most annoying challenges so far for me has been figuring out a way to get equal height DIVs that work on all major browsers, doesn't rely on JavaScript a...

Matching an empty input box using CSS

How do I apply a style to an empty input box? If the user types something in the input field, the style should no longer be applied. Is this possible in CSS? I tried this: input[value=""] ...

Tooltip using hover not working with div ??

<div id="content"> <div class="container"> <!--start side column--> <div class="side-col"> <div class="searchmodule-header-container"> </div> <div class="searchmodule-header-container"> <div class="searchmodule-header"> </div> </div> <div class="searchmodule-content-container"> <div class="sea...

Z-index problem with dropdown menu and elements with display hidden

I just added superfish to my page. But the drop down menu displays under my header-bottom div which has display: hidden. But that's not the only problem it is also covered by my Easy Slider which has images and divs and I can't tell which one is covering my drop down menu. I'm not very familiar using z-index What's the best way of so...

Padding does not work in iE?

I would like to have space around the content, inside the border of the element. http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/css_padding.asp I have used cellpadding which is working pretty good in FF but not in IE. The version of ie that i am using is 7.0.5730.13 I have tried a simple table <table style="padding:100px" border="1"> <tr><td >123...

css print font not changing

Im designing a printer friendly page and im stuck trying to alter the font properties[font-size, font-family] in CSS.I have got no idea what im doing wrong here. The font properties i have specified for the body tag in the CSS file doesn't seem to work at all. Could somone please explain to me what im doing wrong here ? html <!DOCTYPE...

Aligning img elements horizontally and vertically in the middle of a floating div

I'm looking for a solution to align some images vertically and horizontally in the middle of a div that has fixed size of 96x96. There is a solution at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388180/how-to-make-an-image-center-vertically-horizontally-inside-a-bigger-div. But it assumes that we know the sizes of the images. But in my case, t...

Restrict <p> to one line and ellipsize when necessary?

Hi, I have this: <ul> <li> <p>Some long text here</p> </li> </ul> is there a way to get the p text to be restricted to a single line, and have it ellipsize if it's going to be wider than the parent container? Thanks ...

Cufon canvas partially covers a clickable area

Hi everybody, I'm experiencing a problem with Cufon text-replacement library. Take a look at: http://www.dgform.com/new/ Next to the "Twitter" header there's a bird icon, which should be clickable, unfortunately the Cufon canvas - which strangely takes a lot of blank space after the last letter - lays partially on the image, so that ...

Big development teams can't handle a single CSS style sheet?

Hey all. I am currently in a 5-7 large development team creating a really large website with lots of pages and features. I feel like we are in such a situation where a developer can change the style sheet to suit his own needs, but is unaware of the 1000 places where it probably change it for something else. I cannot blame him either, ...

Parse a CSS file with PHP

I want to parse (in a special way) a CSS file with PHP. Example: cssfile.css: #stuff { background-color: red; } #content.postclass-subcontent { background-color: red; } #content2.postclass-subcontent2 { background-color: red; } And I want that PHP returns me each class name that have the postclass in its name. The res...

Styling an <li> within another <li>?

Hi, I have the following: <ul id='foo'> <li class='fooitem'> <ul class='grok'> <li class='grokitem'></li> </ul> </li> </ul> I want to style the fooitem elements differently than the grokitem elements: #foo li { background-color: red; } .grok li { background-color: green; } but the #foo li definition is overr...

browser in quirks mode

My browser always run in quirks mode - is it a problem? I can't even validate my css. My page is looking good .. is there any problem? Thanks a tonne in advance :) ...

Float for 2 column layout ?

Ok so I thought it would be best to work on individual parts then pull them all together in the end. I have run into a problem when I am trying to apply all the pieces. I have a this is going to control the entire page padding, ect. Then I decided to make div class="nav" to contain the nav and image. I wanted these side by side. us...

my text and content isn't being "contained" in the specified dimensions

<div id="content_container"> <div class="inner_container"> gffghfbvbvvbvbnvbnvnvbnvnbvnbvvnbvv </div> <div class="inner_container"> </div> <div class="inner_container"> </div> </div> the css: #content_container{ position:absolute; border:1px solid; width:550px; height:200px; } .inner_container{ pos...

Can someone please explain CSS media queries?

I read the article about them over at css3.info, but I didn't feel like it explained it well enough. I also could not get their examples to change with my screen size. I attempted in Safari, FF, Chrome. Is this a feature that is not ready for implimentation yet? If I want to adjust some styles when the browser window is less than 1024p...

Div side by side without float

How can I make div 'left' and 'right' look like columns side by side? I know I can use float:left on them and that will work... but on step 5 and 6 in here http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast...s/positioning/ the guy says it is possible, I can't get it work though... Code: <style> div.left { background:blue; height:200px; ...

CSS need a fix, very easy

<html> <head> <style type="text/css"> h1{ background-color: red; margin-top : 10px; } div{ background-color:black; height : 100px; } </style> </head> <body> <div> <h1>Hello World!</h1> </div> </body> This is not my wanted result, i want the h1(Helloworld) to marign with the div, not the body This is my wanted result: http://img176.i...

FooterWrap breaking box

What's up with my Footer CSS ? Using the Web Dev toolbar in Firefox I can see that it's got a box and it seems to be pushing it all down to the next line - no padding or margins that I can see.. I'm sure it's an easy fix - if someone could point out what's up that would be ace! Thanks guys! Website is here for Love Jungle Clot...

how do you have css padding around a multiline div

i have the following css to put padding around a div: .orangeAllDay, .orangeAllDay a { background: #fab384 !important; color: white; padding: 5px; } it works great until the content (which happens to be inside a cell in an html table takes up two lines. When i look at this in firefox, it looks like its trying to add the p...