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thegrommit - Nov 18, 2005 4:18:17 pm PST #5634 of 10003
Um.

Okay. Treo software I can't live without. Go

Not specifically Treo, but useful nonetheless: [link]


Gris - Nov 18, 2005 4:36:36 pm PST #5635 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Agendus is very pretty, but isn't as well integrated with the treo as I'd like. Specifically, it seems to require stylus input a lot.


§ ita § - Nov 18, 2005 7:52:47 pm PST #5636 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

CSS question -- is there any way to make a three column display with fixed widths of columns 1 and 3, with the middle column fluid? I have tried absolute positioning, but I can't work out if there's a width I can specify for #2 that doesn't have it overflowing into #3.


Eddie - Nov 18, 2005 10:52:11 pm PST #5637 of 10003
Your tag here.

ita, play around with this. [link]


Jon B. - Nov 19, 2005 2:53:28 am PST #5638 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

CSS question -- is there any way to make a three column display with fixed widths of columns 1 and 3, with the middle column fluid?

Hmmmm.... What website have I seen that uses a layout like that....


§ ita § - Nov 19, 2005 4:55:08 am PST #5639 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Margin-left, margin-right! That's what I was missing! Thanks Eddie.

Jon, you hush.

Actually, it's been really interesting, and I'm almost done the one page.


§ ita § - Nov 19, 2005 6:04:59 am PST #5640 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, I'm horizontally just fine. I have three columns, the middle one fluid, the right and left of fixed width and absolute positioning.

My problem now is that the container div (that has all these three) thinks it's only as tall as the not-absolutely-positioned middle div. Which isn't the tallest. So my footer (div after the 3 column container) is too high.

How do I get the container div to be as tall as its tallest div?


Ginger - Nov 19, 2005 6:32:57 am PST #5641 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

ita is explaining why I have been tearing my hair out for the last month.


§ ita § - Nov 19, 2005 6:49:08 am PST #5642 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I cheated, and floated the right hand column, and then had the footer use clear: left, but that's not right. It can't be.


Ginger - Nov 19, 2005 7:09:58 am PST #5643 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Here's a decent tutorial [link] I think I'm still stuck with using one table for what I'm trying to do, though.