Posted by Paul Lautman on 12/30/06 10:20

Ben C wrote:
> On 2006-12-29, Paul Lautman <paul.lautman@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Ben C wrote:
>>> On 2006-12-28, Martin Clark <martin@spl.at> wrote:
>>>> Paul Lautman wrote...
>>>>> When viewed in IE6 or Firefox, the list beginning "Unsurpassed
>>>>> design and manufacturing quality." on the page
>>>>> http://www.osg-uk.com has blue arrows as bullets.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, in IE7, the arrows are hidden under the image to the left
>>>>> of it. I have tried various ways to rectify this but if I get it
>>>>> looking OK in IE7, it looks rubbish in FF.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone point me to the correct magic incantation?
> [snip]
>>> I can't actually find the list you're talking about on the url you
>>> posted.
>>
>> It's right there on the front page. Under the "Part of the OSG
>> Corporation" text there is a heading "Mission Statement". Then there
>> is a paragrapg and then there is the list, whose first item is
>> "Unsurpassed design and manufacturing quality.". Just do a search on
>> the page for "unsurpassed". If you look at the url in FF or IE6 you
>> will see the list with the blue arrows as bullets.
>>
>> I did think of putting it in boxes, but then it won't wrap around
>> the image if the text size or the number of items in the list
>> changes.
>
> OK I've found it. You're doing the arrows now with background images
> and padding-left, which presumably solves your original problem?

??confused??
I was always doing the arrows like this and the "original" problem (actually
there is only one) is still there. The arrows are not visible on IE7, whilst
they work fine on IE6 and FF.

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