RE: IE 5.0 and CSS Problems

by "Heil,Polly,EAU CLAIRE,Finance" <polly.heil(at)us.nestle.com>

 Date:  Wed, 3 May 2000 09:22:45 -0700
 To:  "'Chuck Evans'" <Chucke(at)captura.com>,
"'hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
Just to clarify.  The UL is working exactly as expected.  It's the OL that
is showing a 1. for every item.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chuck Evans [SMTP:Chucke(at)captura.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 03, 2000 11:19 AM
> To:	Heil,Polly,EAU CLAIRE,Finance; 'hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org'
> Subject:	RE: IE 5.0 and CSS Problems
> 
> Try defining list-style-type as disk in your ul style. Maybe the ul is
> inheriting the ol style since it's nested? Just a guess.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Chuck Evans
> Web Marketing Manager
> Captura Software, Inc.
> (425) 424-1155
> chucke(at)captura.com
> www.captura.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heil,Polly,EAU CLAIRE,Finance [mailto:polly.heil(at)us.nestle.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:30 AM
> To: 'hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org'
> Subject: IE 5.0 and CSS Problems
> 
> 
> I am having a problem with IE 5.0 and styles. I am working on some pages
> that use ol and ul nested inside ol.  Everything looks fine in NN 4.7 and
> IE
> 4.0 but in IE 5.0 no matter what I try my ordered list has every item as
> number 1 so that instead of 1., 2., 3. I get 1., 1., 1.  Also, the items
> all
> wrap flush left instead of lining up with the first alpha character. Can
> anyone help me out with this one? I am including the styles and a sample
> of
> the list.  (Please copy me directly on any responses as I receive the
> digest
> version.)
> 
> ol {
> 	list-style-type: decimal;
> 	text-align : left;
> 	list-style-position: outside;
> 	width: 525px;
> 	font : small Verdana Geneva Arial Helvetica sans-serif;
> }
> ul {
> 	text-align : left;
> 	list-style-position: outside;
> 	width: 400px;
> 	font : small Verdana Geneva Arial Helvetica sans-serif;
> }
> 
> li {
> 	list-style-position: outside;
> 	text-align: left;}
> 
> SAMPLE HTML:
> 
> <ol>
> 	<li>Item 1</li>
> 	<li>Item 2</li>
> 	<li>Item 3
> 		<ul>
> 		<li></li>
> 		<li></li>
> 		</ul>
> 	</li>
> </ol>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Polly Heil
> Assistant Programmer
> Nestle USA - Nutrition Division
> Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> polly.heil(at)us.nestle.com

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