absolutely. But rather than fiddling with settings in Firebug I would really like to know the reasons for things working or not. Why, in this case, is the float so decisive? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Keith Roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keith@karsites.net" target="_blank">keith@karsites.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">For testing CSS in real time, try installing the Firebug<br>
extension on Firefox.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://getfirebug.com/css" target="_blank">https://getfirebug.com/css</a><br>
<br>
It's awesome. I would not be without Firebug for doing web<br>
development.<br>
<br>
HTH<br>
<br>
Keith<br>
<br>
On Wed, 5 Sep 2012, Rohan Smith wrote:<br>
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> To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
> From: Rohan Smith <<a href="mailto:rohanasmith@gmail.com">rohanasmith@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [support] Css and drupal question<br>
<div class="im">><br>
> I dont really know, I do a lot of CSS trial and error :-P<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
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> Kindly acknowledge receipt<br>
><br>
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> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Anthony <<a href="mailto:tony@tony-mac.com">tony@tony-mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> OK I tried it Rohan and it actually worked.<br>
>> Thanks a million.<br>
>> But why? Why is the float decisive?<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Rohan Smith <<a href="mailto:rohanasmith@gmail.com">rohanasmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> make these changes:<br>
>>><br>
>>> #region-header-second {<br>
>>><br>
</div>>>> 1. border-right: 1px solid black;<br>
>>> 2. background:url(<br>
>>> ../../../../../images/general/black_border_1_pix_wide.jpg<<a href="http://www.polam.org/images/general/black_border_1_pix_wide.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.polam.org/images/general/black_border_1_pix_wide.jpg</a>>)<br>
>>> repeat-y;<br>
>>><br>
>>> }<br>
>>><br>
>>> #block-search-form {<br>
>>><br>
>>> 1. width: 100%;<br>
>>> 2. float: right;<br>
>>> 3. margin-right: 2%;<br>
>>> 4. height: 28px;<br>
<div><div class="h5">>>><br>
>>> }<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Regards,<br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> R.A.Smith<br>
>>><br>
>>> Kindly acknowledge receipt<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Anthony <<a href="mailto:tony@tony-mac.com">tony@tony-mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Dear All,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I want to have a small drupal region (second header) framed vertically<br>
>>>> with a 1 pixel black border. I have a background image of 1 pixel width for<br>
>>>> the left and a border for the right<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> background:<br>
>>>> url("../../../../../images/general/black_border_1_pix_wide.jpg") repeat-y<br>
>>>> scroll 0 0 transparent;<br>
>>>> border-right: 1px solid #000000;<br>
>>>> but as you can see (next to the search box) the border is offset 1 pix<br>
>>>> by the background image.<br>
>>>> Is there something in the syntax of border that allows me to pull it 1<br>
>>>> px. (I know I should look this up but maybe you have some other tricks I<br>
>>>> can use).<br>
>>>> I am using the omega theme with a grid so I might investigate the<br>
>>>> placement thru the grid.<br>
>>>> <a href="http://www.polam.org" target="_blank">www.polam.org</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Driving me nuts!!<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> How to solve?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Muchas Gracias,<br>
>>>> Tony<br>
>>>><br>
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>>>><br>
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