Cascading Style Sheets FAQAnswers to frequently asked questions about Cascading Style Sheets.What are your general guidelines about CSS- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: One of the key issues for authoring stylesheets is to be aware of the complex variety of software and hardware combinations and configurations that people use on the Web, and concede that you cannot predict or ultimately control the way your documents are presented to users. Therefore it is vital that the underlying markup of your HTML document makes sense without CSS.http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#guidelines Is it possible to create a frames effect with CSS- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: To create frame-like sites using CSS use a position: fixed declaration on your menu division. You must also set the properties top, left and width. It's best to stick with percentage values for these lengths, to position your menu according to the size of the users' screen.http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#positionfixed Can I scale background images to different screen resolutions- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: It is difficult to answer questions like this without seeing the background image and the visual design you are trying to achieve. If you plan to use a "liquid" page layout, where the page elements may expand proportionally to the width of the screen, consider how you might slice the image up and use the parts as the background image for different page elements. In particular, focus on any horizontal lines in the background that may define different navigational parts of the page,..http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#backgroundlayouts How can I style browser window components- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: The browser window properties you are seeking to influence are proprietary features of individual browsers that are not currently part of the W3C CSS recommendations. However, these features are directly accessible in recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Opera ...http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#windowcss How can I combine a style rule with HTML code- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: To apply so called "inline" styles, use the style attribute of the element you want to style.http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#inlinestyle How can I combine style rules with each other- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: It is not possible to combine rules in a CSS stylesheet, but you can assign multiple classes to a single element in a space separated list...http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#multipleclass How do I remove underlines from links in my pop-ups- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: General usability advice is that people expect hyperlinks to be underlined, so your navigation may be overlooked if they are not. If you disable underlines, you should use text and colours to make the links as conspicuous as possible.http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#popuplinkstyle What does the selector content do- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: The selector content matches any element with the id attribute "content", as below:http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#idselector There are no CSS configuration options in Firefox!- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A: The Code Style CSS browser configuration article is about enabling CSS in browsers. Firefox does not have a user configuration option to disable CSS, but it is possible to switch it off on a page by page basis. Go to the View menu and hover over the Page Style option to expand it. As well as showing any alternative style sheets on the selected page, there is an option to choose No Style. This will show the page without any CSS applied to it. Depending on any presentational markup that may be.http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#firefoxcssconfig Help request- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Use the form below to submit a help request or general enquiry about the Code Style Web site. Read our guidelines on asking the right questions first.http://www.codestyle.org/css/FAQ.shtml#help |