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