Posted by BootNic on 06/01/06 21:55

> "fred.haab@gmail.com" <fred.haab@gmail.com> wrote:
> news:1149177394.723897.252920@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com....
>
> So I'm anally trying to avoid tables, like all the "good" developers
> keep saying I should, but with all my books and searching on the
> web, I simply can't figure out a way to center an <ul> without
> using a table.
>
> So the "requirement" is that the UL block itself is centered AS A
> WHOLE. The actualy content within the block should be left aligned
> (the bullets should line up). The title I have above the UL is
> pretty short - and should also be left aligned (but I could live
> with it centered over the list). So it's something basic like this:


[snip]

The first thing that comes to mind is display:table. Work around would be needed
for IE.

<style type="text/css">
..table{
display:table;
margin:auto;
}
..table p{
margin: 0;
}
ul,li{
margin:0 0 0 5px;
padding:0 0 0 5px;
}
</style>

<div class="table">
<p>List Title:</p>
<ul>
<li>Item 1.</li>
<li>Item two is a lot longer.</li>
<li>Item three is, also.</li>
</ul>
</div>

I can think of a way or two that may work in IE.

If you wish to allow IE to display just a bit different, then you could assign a width
to the table class for IE, the result would be almost the same but will not shrink ,
and could be a real pain if you have several of these on a page because you may
need to play with the width to get the results you want.

<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
..table{width:10.5em}
</style>
<![endif]-->

The work around I am going to suggest is not likely to be very popular, since it
will not get you away from a table.

<div class="table">
<!--[if IE]>
<table summary="Broken IE layout" style="margin:auto;"><tr><td>
<![endif]-->
<p>List Title:</p>
<ul>
<li>Item 1.</li>
<li>Item two is a lot longer.</li>
<li>Item three is, also.</li>
</ul>
<!--[if IE]>
</tr></td></table>
<![endif]-->
</div>

Another option for IE would be to use an css expression, but that would be
dependent on Jscript.

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BootNic Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:55 PM

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