Posted by tshad on 05/17/05 20:06

"kchayka" <usenet@c-net.us> wrote in message
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> tshad wrote:
>>
>> We have enough problems getting
>> the text and boxes to look right is all browsers using a fixed font. If
>> you
>> make the fonts bigger, the whole page will look wrong.
>
> Are you saying it doesn't matter whether the visitor can read it or not,
> as long as it looks OK (to you, not necessarily the visitor)?

No.

I can always make it only one column long and make a real long form. Of
course, it won't look like the original form we were trying to replicate.

>
>> when we tried using relative sizing, it would look great in one browser
>> and
>> a mess in others.
>
> Then your design is broken.

My design is wrong?

Of course, the different browsers not working the same is not the problem !

I could make my boxes only 10 columns long for addresses, then it won't
matter what the font ends up being.

For example on one line I might have (x's are the boxes) - 1st column is a
line from High School information, 2nd column is from References. I have a
window set with an outside border of about 1/16 inch of shading. So
everything has to fit in that window.

Name: Address: Business name:
Phone:
Type of Degree/Diploma Received? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx

This is off a form and just fits the screen when set to 10px. If you set it
to 12px, either it will shove the left part of the from to the right, or it
will move the Phone box to the next line.

Forms are forms. Space is space. If you can wrap content, then changing
the font size is no big deal. But if you are limited to making the Form
look like the original, I'm not sure how you can free form the size of the
text and make it fit in a limited space.

Maybe, I am wrong here, but I don't see how you can do it. I don't want it
running of the screen to the right. That just drives people crazy that have
to use the form (to scroll left and right constantly when inputing).

Tom
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