Posted by Neredbojias on 02/06/06 21:53

With neither quill nor qualm, magic30000@sbcglobal.net quothed:

> Hello, I use a js drop nav menu on my CSS styled buttons on this page:
> http://davmagic.com/paint/PAGES1.html and it uses this CSS:
>
> #dropmenudiv{
> position:absolute;
> border:1px dashed black;
> border-bottom-width: 0;
> font:bold 15px Verdana;
> line-height:18px;
> z-index:100;
> }
>
> #dropmenudiv a{
> width: 100%;
> display: block;
> text-indent: 3px;
> text-align: left;
> border-bottom: 1px dashed black;
> padding: 1px 0;
> text-decoration: none;
> font-weight: bold;
>
> }
>
> #dropmenudiv a:link {color:#6699ff;}
> #dropmenudiv a:visited {color:#6699ff;}
> #dropmenudiv a:hover{color:#000000; background-color:#99ccff;}
>
> ... it works as intended in IE5.x by that I mean that when the browser
> TEXT SIZE is increased for example, the drop menues remain fixed at the
> 15px size as I want them to... in FireFox, when the TEXT SIZE is
> increased, the drop menu text ALSO increases... this "screws-up" the
> usage, and I can see no reason why FF does this as I have specified a
> FIXED SIZE for the drop menu text!!!
>
> Anyone see any clues???

It has become fashionable to view pixel-fixed text as undesirable and
AFAIK only IE still supports it.

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Neredbojias
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