CSS vs Tables

[Saul]

Re: CSS vs Tables


Bergamot wrote:

Bergamot wrote:

VK wrote:

>
I'm not saying the list doesn't have a perfect layout: but could you
point to it?

I'm not inclined to do your research for you, at least not for free.

>
re: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ThreeColumnLayouts
>
I decided to spoon feed you after all. After scanning the descriptions
(you apparently didn't bother reading them), I found one that does what
Saul said couldn't be done using floats. Took all of 20 seconds to spot.
http://www.ground.cz/luci/css/my3cols.html

Thanks for the pointer, but this still has a float bug. Try making the
window on the screen smaller (both IE6 and Firefox)- you get the left
column floating over the main text. Also on a PDA the page breaks and
requires scrolling to see the main area. For that reason I'm not sure
that negative margins are any better than absolute positioning. I'll
keep looking for a clean fullproof solution, but I still don't think it
exists.


Saul

https://www.notanant.com

[Bergamot]

Re: CSS vs Tables

Saul wrote:

Bergamot wrote:
>

>re: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ThreeColumnLayouts
>>
>http://www.ground.cz/luci/css/my3cols.html

>
Thanks for the pointer, but this still has a float bug. Try making the
window on the screen smaller (both IE6 and Firefox)- you get the left
column floating over the main text.

So if that one doesn't strike your fancy go look for another one from
the list. There are some good templates in there, but I'm not going to
do your research for you.

Also on a PDA the page breaks

That's easily solved by using @media rules. Use some imagination and
look beyond what is immediately there. You'll see the possibilities
start revealing themselves. Examine the techniques used and learn from
them. That's what those templates are really for, anyway.

For that reason I'm not sure
that negative margins are any better than absolute positioning.

Absolute positioning has more serious drawbacks, IMO.

I'll
keep looking for a clean fullproof solution, but I still don't think it
exists.

Sure it does, but it sounds like you want to be spoon fed all the answers.

--
Berg

[Saul]

Re: CSS vs Tables


Bergamot wrote:

Saul wrote:

Bergamot wrote:

re: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ThreeColumnLayouts
>
http://www.ground.cz/luci/css/my3cols.html

Thanks for the pointer, but this still has a float bug. Try making the
window on the screen smaller (both IE6 and Firefox)- you get the left
column floating over the main text.

>
So if that one doesn't strike your fancy go look for another one from
the list. There are some good templates in there, but I'm not going to
do your research for you.
>

Also on a PDA the page breaks

>
That's easily solved by using @media rules. Use some imagination and
look beyond what is immediately there. You'll see the possibilities
start revealing themselves. Examine the techniques used and learn from
them. That's what those templates are really for, anyway.
>

For that reason I'm not sure
that negative margins are any better than absolute positioning.

>
Absolute positioning has more serious drawbacks, IMO.
>

I'll
keep looking for a clean fullproof solution, but I still don't think it
exists.

>
Sure it does, but it sounds like you want to be spoon fed all the answers.

Odd attitude for newsgroups. You're not the first person to say 'oh yes
it exists' and then not be able to demonstrate a proper working CSS
example. What we're looking for is something which most site designers
want so it should be a pretty simply thing to find if it was easy and
anyone was doing it (and it would be of interest to a wide variety of
readers here). Since it's hard to get a proper answer it leaves me to
question whether the answer exists.


Saul