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element extends to end of line - can this be prevented?

I have a form with the following... <dt class=idx><span>Sex:</span></dt><dl><fieldset>Male<input type="radio" name="Sex" value="Male" checked>Female<input type="radio" name="Sex" value="Female"></fieldset></dl> the problem is that the box created by the fieldset extends to the right margin. I'd like it to extend only as far as necess...

HTML pre tag auto-select

Hi there, Is it possible to auto-select the text in a PRE tag without the use of Javascript? ...

XPath Expression Problem

I have the following HTML snippet, http://paste.enzotools.org/show/1209/ , and I want to extract the tag that has a text() descendant with the value of "172.80" (it's the fourth node from that snippet). My attempts so far have been: 'descendant::td[@class="roomPrice figure" and contains(descendant::text(), "172.80")]' 'descendant::td[...

What's the best way to re-process HTML into a single-line string in PHP?

I'm working on a WordPress plugin that exports posts and associated data into a tab-seperated text format. It's almost finished, but I'm struggling to find the best method to re-process HTML into single strings. I'm using a combination of preg_replace and htmlentities, but it's getting a little messy. I'm sure there must be a preferred...

jQuery breaking in Firefox but good in Safari

Here's the page to reference to: http://dev.thriveafrica.org/invest/ In Safari, when you select one of the monthly options, the box turns blue and expands with some text in it. In Firefox, it turns blue but the box doesn't expand to show the text. Here's the jQuery behind it. Excuse me if it's messy: $('#monthly .own, .you, i...

problems with div height and width in IE

Hi, I have the code below which is a div used for naviagtion its placed at the top of the page inside another div. It works in every browser I have tested in but IE 8/9. CSS: #nav { text-align: center; background-color: #363A36; color: #ffffff; height: 25px; padding: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 60%; margin-t...

Making a nested link system change it's <li> bg on hover of other <li>

Hello all, Hoping someone has the time to help me out with some jquery confusion? I am trying to get the parent of an elements background change when the child is hovered and then go back to its default when the childs hover has ended. The problem I have at the moment is with my script I cannot get the code to return the background c...

Cocoa - Insert text between tags

Hello, I was wondering how it is possible to insert text between HTML tags in Cocoa. I am displaying source code in a NSTextView - example: <html> <head> <title>test</title> </head> <body>hello!</body> </html> The code above can vary in size, but what should I do if I wanted to insert say <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="webclip.pn...

How can window.closed = true, when the window is open?

Hi all, I am stepping through code, and I realized I cannot close a window, because the DispHTMLWindow2 object close property is still to true. if(winObject.closed != true) winObject.close(); The problem is winObject.closed == true, and the window is clearly open. Any ideas where I can look to figure this out? Thanks,...

jQuery to highlight table row on radio select

Hi All, I have a table (standard markup) with a radio select in each row. Once the radio is selected I'd like to highlight that . Sounds straight forward enough but I can't get it to trigger. Here's the markup: The Table Row: <tr> <td>some data</td> <td>some data</td> <td>some data</td> <td> <label class="label_radio"><input...

What's the optimal html link syntax to use for site icons/favions?

Which should I use: <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico" /> Or: <link rel="icon" type="image/ico" href="favicon.ico" /> I've seen both in use and both work in a lot of current browsers - but which is more consistently supported by the most browsers? ...

"avery" type templates in the browser

I want to print some stuff on to labels of a predefined size. Can the layout be done in the browser and printed? Obviously the problem is that it seems that size is not guaranteed when printing from the browser. Avery only provides word doc templates (possibly for this reason) Question: Can layout dimensions be guaranteed when prin...

Can you change dark blue selection colour in input field with CSS?

Is it possible to change the dark blue selection colour of an input with CSS? I'm aware of the following, but these will not change the inner selection of text in a text field or drop down. ::selection ::-moz-selection ::-webkit-selection ...

Running JavaScript downloaded with XMLHttpRequest

I have a site that loads information using the XMLHttpRequest when a user clicks a link. The system works well but I would like to be able to execute JavaScript gathered in this process. This is a problem as I would like to download the scripts 'on demand' if it were, rather than loading them all when the page is loaded. Thanks for any...

How to resolve css incompabilities/differences between different versions of IE ?

I am having an issue wherein my web application behaves different in (IE5 & IE6) as compared with (IE7 & IE8) There is some CSS Issue but I do not want to get in a situation where I make some changes in CSS File and web application would work fine in (IE5 & IE6) and not in (IE7 & IE8) and so my question is: How should I approach proble...

Most robust CSS-only button solution?

What's the best, most robust CSS-button definition? Ideally, I'd like gradients, rounded images, and graceful degradation down to IE8. It would also be great if the buttons didn't use any images, and the buttons scaled horizontally to fit their content. What's the best solution to this? ...

Align tables next to eachothers

I have a loop which generates tables according to a database content. In other words, the content is changed all the time. Currently all tables are aligned beneath eachother. This makes one huge vertical scroll, I would save alot of space if the tables could be aligned next to eachother. How can I do so? Here is the table code: $disp...

Regular Expression to find hidden fields in html

I am looking for a regular expression to find all input fields of type hidden in html output. Anyone know an expression to do such? ...

HTML2RTF. Easy way to convert HTML to RTF. Is there any?

I found this nice article about Writing Your Own RTF Converter. It converts rtf into html But there is nothing about backward conversion. How can I do that without any third-party components and additional libraries? ...

HTML: How common is it that different browsers render 1em at a different actual px size?

As you know, you can specify dimensions with CSS in px or em. As far as I understand it, em means "line height of the current element's fonts". My approach currently is to always use px (also for margin which seems to be a controversial practice). Question: Can I rely on the ratio of px and em to be the same across browsers? If not, the...