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Posted by password on 10/31/06 07:17
"windandwaves" <nfrancken@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ben C wrote:
> > On 2006-10-28, windandwaves <nfrancken@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Folk
> > >
> > > Can you do vertical-align bottom in a div or only really in a table?
> >
> > You can set it on inline level elements to move them relative to the
> > line they're on. But if you want the effect of a box with a set height
> > that contains another box at the bottom of it, use positioning. Set the
> > outer box to position: relative (or position: absolute), and the inner
> > box to position: absolute with bottom: 0px.
> >
> > You set position on the outer box just to make it the containing block
> > for the inner box (i.e. the block the inner box is 0px from the bottom
> > of).
> >
> > Using relative rather than absolute on the outer box keeps it "in the
> > normal flow".
>
ive just done this for a div containing a form (drop down list thing) and it
works fine in ie6 and firefox2 but opera9 leaves a 10 (approx) gap at the
bottom - anyway around this?
i am currently testing my page in all other (browser/op) combinations with
http://browsershots.org/ so may have to return again for more help ho hum.
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