Re: class element properties

by "Durwood Edwards" <durwoode(at)mindspring.com>

 Date:  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:09:46 -0600
 To:  "Julie McClelland" <joolianna(at)yahoo.com>,
<hwg-style(at)hwg.org>
 References:  yahoo
  todo: View Thread, Original
Yes, it appears that IE 5.0  does not support the background-color in the
element.
----- Original Message -----
From: Julie McClelland <joolianna(at)yahoo.com>
To: Durwood Edwards <durwoode(at)mindspring.com>; <hwg-style(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: class element properties


> I don't think it's fixable for anything previous to Netscape 6.
> Remember...before the release of NN6, there had been no new releases
> for about two years.  Two plus years ago, NN didn't handle CSS very
> well, but NN6 was built to support the current CSS stuff.
>
> Having said that, when I click your link (which, by the way, you
> apparently typed wrong -- it should be
> http://www.mindspring.com/~durwoode/style.htm), I don't see any of the
> colors you've used.  I'm using IE 5.0 -- is that why? I see them just
> fine using NN6.
>
> Just out of curiosity, why are you using code that isn't supported by
> any but the very latest versions of the big two browsers?  You're
> cutting out a major part of your viewers that way.
>
> Jools
>
> --- Durwood Edwards <durwoode(at)mindspring.com> wrote:
> > I notice that there seems to be a problem with NN 4, in reproducing
> > the code
> > below. While IE5.5 and NN6 seem to handle this quite well.
> > I am noticing that NONE of the properties assigned are recognized by
> > the
> > version of NN4 that I have available. Can anyone show me how to "fix"
> > this?
> > (If indeed it needs fixing and can be fixed)
> > The example is available at
> > http://www.mindspring.com/`durwoode/style.htm.
> >
> > The code is:
> >
> > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//SoftQuad Software//DTD HoTMetaL PRO
> > 6.0::19990601::extensions to HTML 4.0//EN" "hmpro6.dtd">
> > <HTML>
> >   <HEAD>
> >     <TITLE></TITLE><STYLE TYPE="text/css">
> >     BODY{
> >     font-family: arial
> >     }
> > DIV.title{
> > position: absolute; top: 6px; left: 8px;
> > padding: 6px;
> > border: groove; 4px;
> > background-color: #006633;
> > font-size: 24px;
> > color: #FFFFE0;
> > }
> > .element1{
> > position: absolute; top: 70px; left: 35px;
> > border: groove; 4px;
> > background-color: #FFEE99;
> > line-height:1.75;
> >     }
> > .element2{
> > position: absolute; top: 110px; left: 35px;
> > border: groove; 4px;
> > background-color: #FFDD77;
> > line-height:1.75;
> >     }
> >     </STYLE>
> >   </HEAD>
> >   <BODY><DIV class = "title">Title of test</DIV>
> >     <DIV CLASS = "element1">TEST</DIV>
> >     <DIV CLASS = "element2">TEST</DIV>
> >   </BODY>
> > </HTML>
> >
>
>
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