I have the following code:
.taglist li{
display: inline;
}
.taglist li:after {
content: ", ";
}
.taglist li:last-child:after {
content:"";
}
it takes an unordered list of tags and makes it into a nice comma separated list. Of course in IE7 and earlier there is no space between the list. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to still use the list technique, but have it not look horrible in older versions of IE.? I tried also adding some margin-right to the li, but it pushed some of the text out of its container and caused it to wrap in very strange ways.
It might not be practical to do this, but it struck me as the most semantic way.
Of course in IE7 and earlier there is no space between the list. I'm
wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to still use the list
technique, but have it not look horrible in older versions of IE.?
If just adding a small gap after each li in only IE7 and lower is good enough, use this:
.taglist li{
display: inline;
*padding-right: 6px; /* adjust to taste */
}
You can try ie7-js, maybe it helps. If you really care, and ie7-js doesn't work, you can write your own script to fix stuff by inserting text nodes for IE7 via JavaScript.
The best is to keep the HTML good, and try to fix stuff using JavaScript for broken browsers like IE7.
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Can you have a look at my code and please tell me why the hover is not working, thanks!
<style>
#moreDiscussHome:hover{
background-color: #ffffff;
}
</style>
<a id="moreDiscussHome" style="color:#f1f7f8;background-color:#12a1b7;" href="">more discussions</a>
Well, as soon as display: none; is applied, you are no longer hovering the element because it is not there, so it will basically flicker constantly or do nothing.
Try opacity* instead perhaps:
#moreDiscussHome:hover {
opcaity: 0;
}
Note that the element still retains it's space in the layout with this, which may not be what you want... but I'm honestly not sure what you're trying to achieve with this.
Side note: There's no reason not to move those other inline styles to a stylesheet.
This doesn't work: #moreDiscussHome:hover{ background-color: #ffffff; }
EDIT: I strongly urge you to move all inline styles to a CSS file. If for no other reason, to avoid some of the issues you already seem to be having with trying to apply background colors. A shortcut might seem easier at the time, but as the saying goes: "Shortcuts make for long delays". (In other words, don't do it)
* visibility:hidden will respond to :hover the same as display:none, so it won't work either. Thanks to thirtydot for the tip.
I am new to CSS and have coded my first site with CSS. I will admit to not fully understanding CSS yet but would like to learn. I have heard about special XHTML & CSS coding being needed for older IE browsers but really don't know what CSS code is causing the trouble.
The website is here. The problem is with the top and bottom navigation menus on all pages except Blog and Moodle (I haven't updated those yet). Can someone help me with what needs to be isolated for IE?
Thanks so much!
You need to do three things.
use a strict doctype at the top of your page. at the moment you have transitional. a strict doctype ensures that IE conforms to CSS standards the best it can.
Add the following bit of CSS for your top navigation list items
#topnavcontainer ul li { display:inline; }
Add the following bit of CSS for your bottom navigation list items
#bottomnavcontainer ul li { display:inline; }
Another solution (that should work regardless of doctype);
#topnavcontainer li {
display:inline-block;
zoom: 1;
*display: inline;
}
The short explanation is that inline-block allow you to style the list-items as if they were block level elements (ie, give them width, height, etc) while still laying them out inline. An advantage over float: left is that you can apply text-align to #topnavcontainer to align your navigation left/center/right. You can also set vertical alignment although that seems to be a bit finicky at times.
The other two lines, zoom and *display are a trick to make this work in older versions of IE. It's a long explanation but if you want to know more about it, search Google for "hasLayout" and "css star hack".
basically im in a little dilemma... As usual, IE6 is messing up some tiny line of CSS.
All i need to fix everything is:
overflow:hidden;
Thats it. But, heres the problem. This is for a uni assigned piece of coursework and they say only 1 css file which must be valid. And no conditional comments :S so there goes my plan. Is there any way to target IE6 ONLY (not 7+ etc.) and still maintain a valid CSS file?
PS: before any of you say, well you should rethink your CSS etc, I have, its for a CSS dropdown menu and a nested element is stretching my link container so i need overflow set to hidden. Only IE6 needs this :S
EDIT MY SOLUTION:
html>body .allbrowsersceptIE6 {
overflow:visible;
}
.onlyIE6 {
overflow:hidden;
}
It works because all other browsers use the first value and ignore the second one unless the second has !important on it :D
If it comes down to using hacks as your only option: http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/csshacks2.shtml
So, you want to apply that rule to #menu or whatever:
* html #menu { overflow: hidden; }
Ive used the following css code to align my form elements:
form { position:relative; }
form input { position:absolute; left:11em; }
However, the textarea element is not aligned correctly with the rest of the elements. I tried the following, but that didnt work
form input,textarea { position:absolute; left:11em; }
Any way to fix this ?
Thank You.
No-one is going to be able to solve this without seeing the current result; I generally avoid absolute positioning as a rule unless doing something particularly complicated like tooltips, can you not achieve what you want using margins?
It looks like this is a Firefox, em-specific bug.
I think it's related to this bug about Firefox textareas and its font: Mozilla 3.0.8 and Chrome height in em bug workaround
Your positioning should work if you add the following code:
form { font: 11px Arial; }
form textarea { font-size: 100%; font-family: inherit; }
Also, another workaround is using pixels instead of em's.
This does not address your question, but why not use "text-align"? Absolute positioning to place form elements sounds a bit odd in my ears.
If you must use absolute positioning in this way, have you considered using margin instead of left? As the others have pointed out, it's difficult to troubleshoot your problem without more information.
How can I hide an HTML form legend from visual browsers, using CSS, in an accessible way?
legend { display: none; }
is not an option because, as I understand it, this will 'hide' the legend from screen readers. Other attempts I've made do not remove the legend from the layout - i.e. it continues to take up space.
Added as an answer instead of a comment so I can get more points. :-)
If you really want legends, have you tried putting a span inside the legend and positioning/manipulating that?
I understand this works in IE7 and Firefox...
You can't do this in Firefox because it is a bug in the browser.
You can read more here
Browser Bugs
Updated with replacement for -9999px hack ( http://www.zeldman.com/2012/03/01/replacing-the-9999px-hack-new-image-replacement/ ) :
HTML:
<legend><span>Your description</span></legend>
CSS:
legend span {
display: block;
text-indent: 100%;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
}
For what it's worth - and I'm sure I'll get flamed for this - legend tags are one of the few places I deliberately break the spec by leaving them out. I replace them with a heading of the appropriate level which provides the same information to the user but without the browser bugs.
(I'm happy to hear about the real-world downsides of this if anybody can see some)
edit: Oh and you should ask yourself why assistive technology users would want to hear the legends when your browser using users don't. If the answer is simply to satisfy the HTML specs, use display:none and be done with it - don't hinder the user experience of one group by providing useless information just for a formality.
Solved and tested in IE7, IE8, IE9, FF, Opera, Safari and Chrome. The legend will be read from screen readers, and users will not see it:
<legend><span class="accessibility">Your description</span></legend>
and then, in CSS:
legend span.accessibility {
position:absolute;
left:-9999px;
width:100px;
height:auto;
overflow:hidden;
}
Yes, there's something special about it. It's a replaced element like many form elements. Browsers have a very specific default formatting. Moreover it can't be forced to behave like a regular element using display:block or display:inline, causing attempts to override with CSS to ... not work well.
There are some well documented techniques that can help you accomplish SOME effects with legends, though workarounds are necessary for a semblance of cross-browser compatibility.
http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/css/legends-of-style/ ...
Also see the revised version posted a year or so later.
Many versions of Firefox specifically ignore both display:none and absolute positioning.
You could try:
legend
{
position: absolute;
top: -1000px;
}
I know this is 2 years too late, but using visibility: hidden seems to work 'in an accessible way' in FF.
You can use a combination of visibility and position rules, see below:
legend {
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
}