Posted by Ciaran on 11/05/07 01:15

On Nov 4, 5:32 pm, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@centralva.net> wrote:
> 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.
>

Ideally, real working columns are what I want but any comprimise that
works is of interest.


> 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.



I'm intrigued Jonathan, where to the margins come into it? Can you
give me a quick idea of the css? It sounds like it might work well.

Ciarán

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