Posted by Slick50 on 12/18/06 23:59

I'm sorry, I misspoke in my initial post.

I want to prevent my content from wrapping. Scrolling is OK. Do I have to
make each column a fixed width (in px?), or can i set this somehow on the
body element?


"Ed Mullen" <ed@edmullen.net> wrote in message
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> Slick50 wrote:
>> "Slick50" <spam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>> Hi. I've noticed sites that do not offer scrollbars when the window is
>>> resized smaller than the content. I'd like to use that feature too. I
>>> thought I could position: absolute; the body element, but that doesn't
>>> seem to have any effect. Is there a simple, one-element way to do this,
>>> or do you need to position several elements in specific ways?
> > You're right, I see now that is a stupid idea.
> >
> > I think what I meant is how do I keep my content from wrapping?
> Scroll >is OK.
> >
>
> Now I'm confused. If I resize my browser to a small(er) size you now are
> saying you do /not/ want either scroll bars OR word wrap? How am I
> supposed to read your site?
>
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