layers and text

[virtual_m]

is it correct that layers should not be used for text and that text if in a layer should be in a
table cell any thoughts on this matter !

[Dan Vendel *GOF*]

virtual_m wrote:

> is it correct that layers should not be used for text and that text if
> in a layer should be in a
> table cell any thoughts on this matter !

You can use layers (or rather: absolutely positioned div's) for text.
The only things you need to think about is that:

1) Don't give the layer a height. It need to be able to expand e.g. if
the user increases font size

2) Stacking layers might cause them to overlap if the text is increased.
Not being a layer man myself (preferring tables), I believe you need to
either nest them or position them in relation to each other in some
other way, e.g. using the extensions "Layout Designer 2" and/or "Snap
Layer" from [url]www.projectseven.com[/url].

Whether you want a table in the layer for the text is up to your own
design/function requirements.

HTH

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[Alex Billerey]

Dan

I thought that if you declared the body and html tags height at 100% in
the css file you could then set a height for div(s), or am I wrong here?

The problem of "overflowing" text can be overcome by the use of the
overflow attribute - although this is not supported by Opera as far as I
am aware.

[url]http://www.two33.co.uk/centered_div.html[/url]

Alex

"Dan Vendel *GOF*" <see_my_signature_@_the_bottom_of_the_post.com> wrote
in message news:bg03dg$1i5$4@forums.macromedia.com...

> virtual_m wrote:
>

> > is it correct that layers should not be used for text and that text

if

> > in a layer should be in a
> > table cell any thoughts on this matter !

>
> You can use layers (or rather: absolutely positioned div's) for text.
> The only things you need to think about is that:
>
> 1) Don't give the layer a height. It need to be able to expand e.g. if
> the user increases font size
>
> 2) Stacking layers might cause them to overlap if the text is

increased.

> Not being a layer man myself (preferring tables), I believe you need

to

> either nest them or position them in relation to each other in some
> other way, e.g. using the extensions "Layout Designer 2" and/or "Snap
> Layer" from [url]www.projectseven.com[/url].
>
> Whether you want a table in the layer for the text is up to your own
> design/function requirements.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Dan Vendel - *GOF*
> [url]http://www.vendel.info[/url]
> Contact me directly by clicking here:
> [url]http://contact.vendel.info[/url]
> Formmail tutorial:
> [url]http://www.vendel.info/tut/formmail.html[/url]
> Nested table demonstration:
> [url]http://www.vendel.info/tabletut/[/url]
>

[Dan Vendel *GOF*]

Alex Billerey wrote:

> Dan
>
> I thought that if you declared the body and html tags height at 100% in
> the css file you could then set a height for div(s), or am I wrong here?
>
> The problem of "overflowing" text can be overcome by the use of the
> overflow attribute - although this is not supported by Opera as far as I
> am aware.
>
> [url]http://www.two33.co.uk/centered_div.html[/url]

Well, I don't know more than the absolute basics about "layers", and I
didn't even mention controlling them with CSS. I'm a table man.
But to set attribute of body and html as 100% seems odd, even to me.
AFAIK, neither html nor body can be anything else but 100% of itself.
OTH, who am I to say..... :-/


--
Dan Vendel - *GOF*
[url]http://www.vendel.info[/url]
Contact me directly by clicking here:
[url]http://contact.vendel.info[/url]
Formmail tutorial:
[url]http://www.vendel.info/tut/formmail.html[/url]
Nested table demonstration:
[url]http://www.vendel.info/tabletut/[/url]

[Alex Billerey]

Dan

I don't claim to be any sort of css guru either - if I was, I guess I
would be sitting in some warm part of the world feeling pleased with
myself - I hear that gurus migrate there during the summer rather than
grey, not very warm London <grin>

You are spot on with height attributes in tables though - very bad kama.

As ever take care

Alex
"Dan Vendel *GOF*" <see_my_signature_@_the_bottom_of_the_post.com> wrote
in message news:bg094n$1i5$5@forums.macromedia.com...

> Alex Billerey wrote:
>

> > Dan
> >
> > I thought that if you declared the body and html tags height at 100%

in

> > the css file you could then set a height for div(s), or am I wrong

here?

> >
> > The problem of "overflowing" text can be overcome by the use of the
> > overflow attribute - although this is not supported by Opera as far

as I

> > am aware.
> >
> > [url]http://www.two33.co.uk/centered_div.html[/url]

>
> Well, I don't know more than the absolute basics about "layers", and I
> didn't even mention controlling them with CSS. I'm a table man.
> But to set attribute of body and html as 100% seems odd, even to me.
> AFAIK, neither html nor body can be anything else but 100% of itself.
> OTH, who am I to say..... :-/
>
>
> --
> Dan Vendel - *GOF*
> [url]http://www.vendel.info[/url]
> Contact me directly by clicking here:
> [url]http://contact.vendel.info[/url]
> Formmail tutorial:
> [url]http://www.vendel.info/tut/formmail.html[/url]
> Nested table demonstration:
> [url]http://www.vendel.info/tabletut/[/url]
>

[Joe {RoastHorse}]

<div>s are just containers - for anything you want, text, images, flash,
tables etc. etc. they can be styled with css anyway you like. they can
follow the document flow, you can set the dimensions, margins etc. even
position them in the document.

text in a layer doesn't have to be in a table - unless you want it in a
table.

joe



"virtual_m" <mxcrue@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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is it correct that layers should not be used for text and that text if in a
layer should be in a
table cell any thoughts on this matter !