Posted by Ed Mulroy on 06/09/06 14:54

I had not noticed the CSS 'overflow' property - I'll look for it now. Thank
you.

Links sliding under or over a photo is something I am willing to go to great
lengths to avoid. I've seen that a lot on web pages and, with regard to
usability, it is debilitating.

Again, thanks for the comments and suggestions. I appreciate you taking the
time and effort to give them.

.. Ed

> Jonathan N. Little wrote in message
> news:ab482$448980cb$40cba7ad$9523@NAXS.COM...
>
> >To get it to display correctly. The tables are next to each
>> other.
>
> I am assuming you mean [links][pictures and junk]
>
>> If set in the table header then the two columns flow down side
>> by side. Should the browser window be too narrow, a horizontal
>> scroll bar appears, allowing you access to the hidden content.
>
> Can also be done without table and with CSS, look up CSS
> 'overflow' property.
>
>> If set by CSS then should the window be too narrow, half of
>> the page dissapears - relocated below the bottom of the
>> window. The size of window at which the display of the page
>> is effected is also larger than when the <table align= is
>> used.
>
> 1) I would put the links in a list as they semantically should
> and set with width proportionally with the font, yeah not only
> window size issues but change the font size and see what
> happens.
>
> 2) As a list your links could be floated to the left as you now
> have or set as a horizontal bar, or float to the right. Changes
> made with altering only your CSS and not the page.
>
> 3) With the nave links as you now have it, you could have your
> images group so if space allowed they would be horizontally to
> the right as in your mock up. It an be styled so that when
> there isn't room rather than have the whole image and text
> business dive below your links your images could stack
> vertically but remain to the right of your links. Possibly a
> more desirable option for smaller viewports. The only time they
> would scoot beneath the links would be when the window was so
> small that on picture could not fit along side. That is very
> narrow and very unlikely condition.
>
> 4) Lastly with CSS your have an option to change the
> presentation without having to change the page markup, this
> means you can offer optional versions to your view or for
> different media, e.g., for printing, or handhelds, etc.
>
> Take care,

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