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[jQuery] Classic HTML/CSS problems
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16 years ago
Hey all,
Just a follow-up to my previous email: I'm trying to compile a list of "classic" annoyances when programming with CSS, so I can either solve them with jQuery or find another way to easily solve.
I have five so far:
<ul><li>IE PNG alpha transparency</li><li>IE position: fixed</li><li>clearing floats in general</li><li>the identical heights problem (normally solved by faux columns)</li><li>box model discrepancies
</li></ul>I'm looking for problems in a similar vein. In most cases, good attempts have been made to solve the problems, but the best solutions are too complicated for the average Joe Blow programmer to work out (let alone find the solutions for).
For example, I recently discovered that setting overflow: hidden (or auto) on a float will cause the float to enclose containing elements <span style="font-weight: bold;">without<span style="font-weight: bold;"> a clearing element
</span></span>. And it works on virtually all browsers (including old ones, like IE4). This is big news from where I've been sitting. But I didn't come across it until after extensively searching for clearing solutions.
So again, this is a call for some of the more annoying "traditional" problems, where a lot of work has been put into resolving them, but where it hasn't been consolidated well.
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Yehuda Katz
Web Developer
(ph) 718.877.1325
(fax) 718.686.4288
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Just a follow-up to my previous email: I'm trying to compile a list of "classic" annoyances when programming with CSS, so I can either solve them with jQuery or find another way to easily solve.
I have five so far:
<ul><li>IE PNG alpha transparency</li><li>IE position: fixed</li><li>clearing floats in general</li><li>the identical heights problem (normally solved by faux columns)</li><li>box model discrepancies
</li></ul>I'm looking for problems in a similar vein. In most cases, good attempts have been made to solve the problems, but the best solutions are too complicated for the average Joe Blow programmer to work out (let alone find the solutions for).
For example, I recently discovered that setting overflow: hidden (or auto) on a float will cause the float to enclose containing elements <span style="font-weight: bold;">without<span style="font-weight: bold;"> a clearing element
</span></span>. And it works on virtually all browsers (including old ones, like IE4). This is big news from where I've been sitting. But I didn't come across it until after extensively searching for clearing solutions.
So again, this is a call for some of the more annoying "traditional" problems, where a lot of work has been put into resolving them, but where it hasn't been consolidated well.
--
Yehuda Katz
Web Developer
(ph) 718.877.1325
(fax) 718.686.4288
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discuss@jquery.com
http://jquery.com/discuss/
