I’m having a problem with my links becoming deactive within some nested elements. I followed some instruction on creating rounded corner boxes via a tutorial by Andy Budd. Anyway, it all works great except when I wrap link tags around a few pieces of copy. I’m a bit of a beginner still so maybe this is a simple fix but I’ve spent over a days worth of time now trying to figure it out on my own and can’t seem to get it.
Just to clear this up, the links work everywhere on the page outside of the “box” element I’ll list below and I’ve double and triple checked that the link within the “box” element is written correctly and it is. The CSS even finds the link and styles it correctly, however, the mouse function seems to be disabled. Does this all make sense? Below is the CSS, any help would be greatly appreciated…
This is the code that creates the box and it works correctly…
.box {
width:831px;
background:url(../imgs/box-spacer.gif) repeat-y;
}
.box h1 {
background:url(../imgs/box-top.gif) no-repeat left top;
padding-top:40px;
font-weight: normal;
}
.box .last {
background:url(../imgs/box-bottom.gif) no-repeat left bottom;
padding-bottom:60px;
}
.box h1, .box p {
padding-left:60px;
padding-right:60px;
}
And this is the code I used to test that the page is seeing it as a link…
.box h1 a:link {
color:#00CCFF;
}
.box h1 a:hover {
color: #FF0066;
}
It changes the color correctly but the hover doesn’t work and if you click, it doesn’t link you anywhere. Again, the link is written correctly on the page. Can anyone help please? I appreciate it. Also, the website is up at http://www.fiddlergroup.com/zygote if it helps. The particular page I was using for testing is the “what’s in a name” page. As you’ll see, all the code and pages and what not is all very simple, just can’t seem to figure out how to fix this one odd issue.
The problem is with z-index: -100 on your #holder element. Click events are ending on the body element and not making it down through to the link. Remove the negative z-index and it should work.
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I'm using WooCommerce with a WordPress theme that hasn't been written to be compatible with the plugin. For the most part I have the CSS working so that the shop looks okay, but I have run into trouble. For some reason, when I go to a category of products, they show up on top of one another, and not in a grid or side by side. I am going nuts trying to figure out how to fix this, and failing.
Page: http://urbexploration.ca/product-category/sanatoriums/
At first, I realized that each < li > (product) had a huge margin on the right, so I took that out with margin-right: 0; but they still are not floating left in a grid. If any code is needed, please let me know. I've been trying to target the < li >tags which have the class 'product'. The < ul > is 'products'.
I've tried
.products li, .product{ float: left !important; margin-right: 0 !important; }
The ul tag seems to fill the area it should using Google Chrome developer tools, and the li is now sized properly (I think) but it still doesn't float? Or maybe it IS floating and I'm missing something else.
Took clear:both; out of the .excerpt class as suggested, and that seems to be floating them properly.
To make its own answer:
li.product.excerpt { clear: none; }
would be a good start. The double class selector should make sure the rule is more specific than the problematic .excerpt class itself.
So, I have this animation that I want to run in the background of my website.
http://www.theartificialasylum.com/index3.html
I want to layer some divs over that animation containing images and texts etc. I have tried using z-index in the CSS file and different variations of uses of opacity to no avail.
Can anyone see where I am going wrong? this is the best I seem to be able to achieve: http://www.theartificialasylum.com/adex.html
Using Chrome's developer tools, I added some text to the 102 div, gave it a class of "lawl", and used only this stylesheet and was able to accomplish what it sounds like you wanted:
body{
background-color: #000000;
color: #fff;
}
#flashContent {
position:absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
.lawl {
background: #023;
opacity: .5;
}
I'm not sure what the problem was. Maybe it's your strict doctype. (I only use transitional myself.) Maybe it's because you were applying too many things to the html tag.
I do recommend cleaning up your code a bit, using more semantic IDs, putting test text in your divs, and paring it down so that you only test a few variables/lines of code at a time to achieve what you want.
Also, saving damn IE opacity fixes for last until after you have everything else done.
I am adapting a website in order to make it feel native on the iPad.
This website has navigation that shows a drop-down with the sub-navigation on hover.
This works like a charm on the iPad. When you touch it the subnav, it opens and closes again when you click/touch somewhere else.
Now i have the requirement to make it close again when the navigation point is touched again.
I was thinking, i could just set the pointer-events:none on hover & active for the iPad, but this makes the sub-navigation flicker and it does not work...
i have also tried to cover the navigation point with element set with the before selector and setting its pointer events to none, but this does not work...
Any idea, how i could solve this problem using CSS only. (I can not modify the HTML nor the JS)
PS: you can reproduce this on www.macprime.ch for example... (click the main navigation on the top, and try to close the dropdown again)
edit ok i tried almost everything that was possible with CSS only. I don't think its possible. If anyone can tell me why, he/she will get the bounty reward.
You could have a second transparent element that appears above the one you tapped. That way, when the user taps again, they will be selecting the other element and the first will lose its hover status:
<div class="blocker" onclick="void()"></div>
<div class="menuItem" onclick="void()"></div>
<style>
.blocker, .menuItem {
/* use the same position, width, height, etc */
}
.menuItem {
/* make it look pretty */
z-index: 100;
}
.blocker {
z-index: 99;
}
.menuItem:hover {
z-index: 98;
}
</style>
Of course, this will have a negative effect on the desktop, so you will want to do something like:
<style>
.blocker { display: none; }
.touchevents .blocker { display: block; }
</style>
<script>
if('ontouchstart' in document)
document.body.className += ' touchevents';
</script>
UPDATE Added onclick events to make them clickable.
You can see a working demo here: http://fiddle.jshell.net/vfkqS/6/
Unfortunately, I could not find a solution that does not require HTML or JavaScript changes, but I was able to keep them to a minimum.
You would need to make two non-CSS changes total:
Add a JavaScript mechanism for identifying if touch events are supported. See two line example above.
Add one div per menu which is clickable (onclick="void()") and has a unique identifier that can link it to the menu.
You may be able to do those two things with CSS but I'm not sure. Tablet detection would be a little sketchy in CSS and I don't think you can make something that sophisticated with a :before or :after pseudo-selector.
This is an interesting question and similar to one I've had come up recently. How do you marry a standard navigation dropdown that displays on hover with a touch event interface. Using the hover event as a trigger works really well on a desktop. In a world without hover events (tablets and smart phones), not so much.
In my case I landed on the idea of defining the behaviors: click/touch event would do the triggering, hover event would do subtle indications. For more details on this line of thinking see: http://www.markdotto.com/2012/02/27/bootstrap-explained-dropdowns/
For the issue you're trying to overcome I'm wondering if using #media queries in your CSS is a better solution...
#media (max-width: 979px) {
/*
New CSS declarations to show the sub navigation lists
in a more compact way that fits nicely on the iPad.
Something like...
*/
section.nav-overlay {
display: block;
height: 60px;
visibility: visible;
width: 979px; /* Or the max container width */
}
section.nav-overlay ul li {
float: left;
}
/*
Etc. etc. with the additional exceptions.
You get the idea.
*/
}
By doing this you would create more of a native interface on the iPad. However, if going this route is off the table, something like what Brian has above is better. Just wanted to give you an alternative.
Set pointer-events: none on the active state:
nav#mainnavi > ul > li > a:active {
pointer-events: none
}
This is driving me crazy. Can anyone tell me what I am missing here.
I have a word-press site I am trying to copy the design into an e-commerce skin
The wordpress site: http://solesu.clarityproductions.com/ and the
e-commerce skin i am working on is http://cspro.solesu.com/.
The words MAIN PAGE are slightly differently balanced from the wordpress site to the
e-commerce skin and I cant figure it out. Can anyone help me where the problem
is and what css change may need to be made. I have been looking a this for hours.
It looks like the background padding or height or something is a little taller
on top and bottom on the wordpress site but im not sure whats controlling this.
It seems that there is a quite a few differences in the code. Have you tried using Firebug for Firefox or the Webkit Developer Tools to inspect the page elements for differences?
After a quick look I can see that your missing elements and other stuff is going on.
This is what you have on line 54 in your styles.css:
.sidebox-categories-wrapper ul li a, x:-webkit-any-link, x:default {
padding-bottom: 3px;
}
It's the padding-bottom: 3px; that expands the height of the anchor tag.
Remove it, and you'll be fine.
This is the style giving you the issue
.sidebox-categories-wrapper ul li a, x:-webkit-any-link, x:default {
padding-bottom: 3px;
}
just make sure you overwrite it
#vmenu_8 a {
padding-bottom: 0;
}
And it'll be fine.
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.