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05-23-2006, 12:32 AM
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Setting Right Margin
I'm looking for a straight forward way to set the right margin -- similar
to using <DIR> for the left margin. Fred |
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05-23-2006, 12:35 AM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Fred
<> declared in alt.html,alt.html.editors.webedit,alt.html.editors : [f'ups to alt.html, alt.html.editors removed as it doesn't exist on my server] > I'm looking for a straight forward way to set the right margin margin-right -- Mark Parnell My Usenet is improved; yours could be too: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html |
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05-23-2006, 07:49 AM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
Fred <> scripsit:
> I'm looking for a straight forward way to set the right margin -- > similar to using <DIR> for the left margin. Someone still uses <DIR>? Vow! Someone still has faith in this invention that has long been frowned upon browser vendors and web page authors alike, abjured and depreciated by the World Wide Web Consortium and other powers, etc. etc. Most of us mortals have long ago decided - if we ever considered using <DIR> in the rare cases where we would like to use a directory-like list of items - to use <UL> together with some rocket-science level CSS such as ul { list-style-type: none; }. In that case, try <DIR DIR="RTL">. It may have some side effects, though. Follow-ups randomized as usual. "The average usefulness of a thread is inversely proportional to the cube of the number of groups it is posted to." Note to newbies: The above message may contain some irony. Here's the boring part: Don't use <DIR>. Use e.g. <div class="note">...</div> instead (or attach class="note" to some existing or some more semantic element that you wish to indent) and use a CSS rule like .note { margin-left: 1em; }. To set right margin, use margin-right instead of margin-left. |
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06-08-2006, 08:19 AM
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Setting Right Margin
I'm looking for a straight forward way to set the right margin -- similar
to using <DIR> for the left margin. |
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06-08-2006, 08:22 AM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Fred
<> declared in alt.html,alt.html.editors.webedit,alt.html.editors : > I'm looking for a straight forward way to set the right margin The answers haven't changed in the last 2 weeks. -- Mark Parnell My Usenet is improved; yours could be too: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html |
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06-08-2006, 08:34 AM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
Thanks, Jukka!! Unfortunately, I am sub-newbie.... sub-sub-newbie to be
exact...... which translates to .... I don't know what the heck "note" (in <div class="note">...</div>) means. Can you give me an example? See how the text in this message is 1/8-inch never touches the left or right margin? Exactly how do you code a page to give the same margin? Your buddy, Fred "Jukka K. Korpela" <> wrote > Note to newbies: The above message may contain some irony. Here's the boring > part: Don't use <DIR>. Use e.g. <div class="note">...</div> instead (or > attach class="note" to some existing or some more semantic element that you > wish to indent) and use a CSS rule like .note { margin-left: 1em; }. To set > right margin, use margin-right instead of margin-left. > |
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06-08-2006, 08:34 AM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
"Mark Parnell" <> wrote
> The answers haven't changed in the last 2 weeks. I know, that's why I'm still asking. Still waiting for someone who understands the question. |
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06-08-2006, 11:59 AM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
To further the education of mankind, "Fred"
<> vouchsafed: > Thanks, Jukka!! Unfortunately, I am sub-newbie.... sub-sub-newbie to > be exact...... which translates to .... I don't know what the heck > "note" (in <div class="note">...</div>) means. ....And if you are as incapable of finding out as it seems, you might as well give up now and save yourself some frustration. -- Neredbojias Infinity has its limits. |
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06-08-2006, 01:08 PM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
Fred wrote:
> Thanks, Jukka!! Unfortunately, I am sub-newbie.... sub-sub-newbie to be > exact...... which translates to .... I don't know what the heck "note" (in > <div class="note">...</div>) means. > > Can you give me an example? See how the text in this message is 1/8-inch > never touches the left or right margin? Exactly how do you code a page to > give the same margin? <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Your Title</title> <style type="text/css"> BODY { margin-right: 2em; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Now the whole document well have a right margin of about 2 'M' character widths adjust as desired</p> </body> </html> -- Take care, Jonathan ------------------- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com |
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06-08-2006, 02:35 PM
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Re: Setting Right Margin
Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> Fred wrote: > > Thanks, Jukka!! Unfortunately, I am sub-newbie.... sub-sub-newbie to be > > exact...... which translates to .... I don't know what the heck "note" (in > > <div class="note">...</div>) means. > > > > Can you give me an example? See how the text in this message is 1/8-inch > > never touches the left or right margin? Exactly how do you code a page to > > give the same margin? > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> > <html> > <head> > <title>Your Title</title> > > <style type="text/css"> > BODY { margin-right: 2em; } > </style> > </head> > <body> > <p>Now the whole document well have a right margin of about 2 'M' > character widths adjust as desired</p> > </body> > </html> That looks good. By the way my new design is now complete, well at the moment it is anyway, http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc But, I will say though that setting margens and padding seams to be one of the harder things to get right, both in CSS and web design generally. Oh on the subject of padding, to the op, you may need to set that as well. Depends on the look that you are going for though. -- Regards Chad. Free web design for community groups and organisations! http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc/more-info.html |
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