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Postby Garrador on Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:59 pm

Ok. Now I need some help with "locking" in text.

I write stuff in the content div, but it wont stay inside at all.... could someone help me with that please`? I think the image speaks for itself:

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Postby Jest@ on Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:17 pm

overflow:scroll on the parent element.
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Postby Blink on Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:35 pm

Jest@ wrote:overflow:scroll on the parent element.


Not so hasty, the div should be expanding to the size of the text.

Is it float based? Can you link to your CSS, or paste it here?
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Postby Jest@ on Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:47 pm

oh, if you want the div to expand, then just don't set a height on it, iirc. Post your CSS if possible.
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Postby Garrador on Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:53 pm

aight =) well now remember I'm very fresh at CSS, so I dont know what could be better or worse :P

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body
{
}

div.container
{
    width:800px;
    background-color:Black;
    margin:0px;
    border:1px solid black;
}

div.header
{
    width:800px;
    margin:0px;
    border:0px;
    height:120px;
    background-color:#cccccc;
}

div.nav
{
    width:800px;
    height:25px;
    background-color:#c0c0c0;
    border:1px solid black;
    border-bottom-width:0px;
    border-left-width:0px;
    border-right-width:0px;
}

div.content
{
    width:760px;
    height:200px;
    background-color:Gray;
    border:1px solid black;
    border-left-width:0px;
    border-right-width:0px;
    padding:20px;
    padding-top:15px; 
}

div.footer
{
    width:800px;
    height:30px;
    color:white;
    background-color:#c0c0c0;
    clear:left;
}
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Postby ChopperDave on Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:26 pm

Yeah, don't use a fixed height for your divs.
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Postby Garrador on Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:30 pm

ah ok! :) Thanks dave, blink and jesta!
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Postby Blink on Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:19 am

You can certainly tidy up that CSS a little, for example:

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border:1px solid black;
border-bottom-width:0px;
border-left-width:0px;
border-right-width:0px;


Can be cut down to (presuming you want only a top border here, guessing this from the above code):

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border: solid #000;
border-width: 1px 0 0;


Also this:

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padding:20px;
padding-top:15px;


Can be (again, presuming you want only a 15px padding at the top and 20px on all other sides):

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padding: 15px 20px 20px;


Always try to build your CSS as neat as possible as you go, it's a bitch to clear up afterwards, I can tell you that with first hand experience!
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Postby Garrador on Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:22 am

ah thanks alot! :D I hate it when it looks all messy and stuff. Thanks! =)
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