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Posted by dorayme on 11/06/06 22:41
In article <slrnektu5l.n79.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
> On 2006-11-06, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > I realise the second inline list idea is better practice than the
> > first one:
> >
> > http://members.optushome.com.au/droovies/test/footer.html
> >
> > I would like (for either) for the separators to be not so tall.
> > Any ideas that I can understand ...? <g>
>
> In the first case it comes down to the font-size for the | characters,
> which you can tweak.
Indeed. I must say, the look of soomething along this line of
thought:
<div id="footer">
<a href="http://www.y.com.au">website design</a> <span
style="font-size: .8em">|</span>
(where the link texts are .85em)
does appeal to me a lot. But not in iCab! In iCab, seemingly
uniquely?, the first footer (nothing to do with separator height)
has too much spacing between the text and the separators. I have
clean forgot if one can style a nbsp; (I tried it with uncertain
results just now)? Anyway, one would need to be able to "talk to"
just iCab because the gap is just right for other browsers
without tricks - and I don't know how to talk just to iCab. I
know, at this point it is getting a bit ridiculous... <g>
> In the second case, it's the height that the
> browser decides to make inline boxes, which is also usually some
> function of font but the exact details are up to the browser.
>
> > If anyone can think of better for the second construction for
> > other reasons too, I will be all ears.
>
> I don't think there is a better way. The heights can be precisely
> controlled as explained below, but you end up having to use a table in
> this case, because you also need centering.
>
> If you use borders, then the height of a border is given by the height
> of the box it a border of.
>
There is something I better look into and that is borders not on
the li items but the links themselves? But too much time spent on
this for now!
--
dorayme
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