Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/04/07 17:32

Bone Ur wrote:

> Hehe, I had to go back and re-read the original post because I forgot the
> stated goal.
>
> The OP doesn't _really_ want columns at all; he wants floating divs of
> equal width which "columnize" in an aligned manner filling more of the
> horizontal area of the page. At least that's what I get from the
> message, and doing it is possible with j/s (except maybe for ie.)
> Knowing the viewport size beforehand isn't necessary though the floats
> will have to be widthed (in ems) beforehand with care.
>
> The technique has been addressed before on the newsgroup. As I said,
> though, this is what I glean from the first post. Maybe I missed
> something in the interim.
>

You might be right. Hard to say now. Sometimes the OP's "root" questions
is hard to decipher.

If it is just floating blocks, then work out a value for the width in
ems of the UL to accommodate the longest LI entry, if you do not want
line wrapping, and float with margins to taste! Easy...no scripting at
all required.

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

[Back to original message]