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Posted by Jeff on 01/22/08 15:07
Nik Coughlin wrote:
Hello Nik,
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> "Jeff" <jeff@spam_me_not.com> wrote in message
> news:13pb8jpii1acu2c@corp.supernews.com...
>> I need a look at a sample layout.
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>> I've looked around at the different ways of writing equal height
>> columns. The CSS solutions with negative margins work well but
>> presents problems with readability as well as maintainability. It also
>> doesn't suit some needs.
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>> So I looked at some javascript solutions, since these degrade nicely
>> if no script (the columns simply aren't equal height). I notice some
>> problems with most of these with changing text size, particularly in
>> Moz flavors and some padding issues.
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>> So I wrote my own:
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>> <URL: http://websiterepairguru.com/test_full_height_columns.html>
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>> This simply adds bottom padding as needed to make the columns equal.
>> Columns with a class with equal as part of their class name are
>> equalized. No limit to number, or for that matter where they are.
>>
>> I need a look in different browsers and OS's.
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> Looks OK:
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> http://browsershots.org/http://websiterepairguru.com/test_full_height_columns.html
I have to tell you, that's really impressive. And not that my code works
but the 33 screen shots!
And then I noticed the mouseover zoom, which was on my to do list and
I thought, these guys are geniuses!
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> I still like my solution:
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> http://www.nrkn.com/3ColEqualPositioned/
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> No Javascript, but as GTalbot pointed out last time I posted this, IE 7
> has some trouble selecting text in the leftmost column (probably trivial
> to fix) and he objected to my using empty div elements for layout
> purposes and clearing of floats, as well as my mixing floats and
> absolute/relative positioning. However, of those only the IE 7 thing
> bothers me, and it is otherwise very cross browser.
Well, I like it to. It works very well, but the trouble is that I
really don't understand it! If you find the time to explain how to set
it up, you'll get some converts. Now, I've seen the explanation, with
some extra rules, for a related CSS setup, and I didn't understand that
either! I'm afraid that I'm just a simple guy.
Jeff
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