CSS - absolute position

01-26-2006

sorry, new to css, this question may be odd:
wonder if absolute position TOP and LEFT can start counting from within
<table></table> section (somewhere in the middle of the page), not from
the whole page top left corner?

i try to build a photo gallery where thumb images on the top and bottom
shows the display if mouse over that thumb image. however, the display
photo can not match the measurement of the background (1st image)..
tremendous headache...

thank you!
ching

01-26-2006

wrote:

> sorry, new to css, this question may be odd:
> wonder if absolute position TOP and LEFT can start counting from within
> <table></table> section (somewhere in the middle of the page), not from
> the whole page top left corner?

Yes, if you give <table> position:relative.

> i try to build a photo gallery where thumb images on the top and bottom
> shows the display if mouse over that thumb image. however, the display
> photo can not match the measurement of the background (1st image)..
> tremendous headache...

Here, have a paracetamol

> thank you!

You're welcome

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01-26-2006

thank you Els!

changed to position:relative, but still not work as expected.

hope you don't mind help see what is wrong in css?
http://www.mynovember.net/shop/trythiscss.html

thanks,
ching

01-26-2006

In article < .com>,
says...
> thank you Els!
>
> changed to position:relative, but still not work as expected.
>
> hope you don't mind help see what is wrong in css?
> http://www.mynovember.net/shop/trythiscss.html
>
> thanks,
> ching
>
>
You didn't ask, but I think you should reconsider this design. It is
not user friendly.

01-26-2006

wrote:

> thank you Els!
>
> changed to position:relative, but still not work as expected.
>
> hope you don't mind help see what is wrong in css?
> http://www.mynovember.net/shop/trythiscss.html

First of all: please quote the relevant bits of the message you are
replying to, so we don't have to remember (or guess) what it was you
are replying to.

Second: Your HTML is full of errors (169):
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...rythiscss.html

It starts with having no <html> opening tag, and then:

> <body>

> </div id="header">

A div's closing tag with an id??

> </tr>
> <table align="center" ......

A table in between two rows?

Your CSS might not be caused by the HTML errors, but since I can't be
certain of that, it would still help me to help you if you just
validate your code, correct the errors, and then come back.
FWIW, in Opera the effect on hover over those images is far worse than
on Firefox, while I know that with valid code and good CSS, both
browsers could easily do what you want.

--
Els http://locusmeus.com/
Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito.
- Renato Russo -

01-26-2006

wrote:
> changed to position:relative, but still not work as expected.

Leaving aside the other problems with the page, which other people have
mentioned already - Els did not say to change the /image/ from position:
absolute to position: relative.

BTW - please follow the conventions of this community and provide context to
what you are responding to.

http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/

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01-26-2006

finally got my html validated. thought <table> tags could never been
validated, but it does.
could you please help check my code again why gallery not align well?
http://www.mynovember.net/shop/trythiscss.html
thanks much!

01-27-2006

i got my problem solved!!

very special THANKS to Els! You are right - not css but my html table
problem

your direction of letting me validate html code really works

thank you!
ching

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