[Zope3-dev] Links styling

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:55:06 -0500


>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    GvR> Also, one thing I really hate about CSS is that it's too easy
    GvR> to mix sizes in pixels with auto sizes, and then boxes will
    GvR> overlap.  That happens here in a number of places when the
    GvR> window is too narrow.

Yep, happens to me all the time.
    
    GvR> It should get a horizontal scroll bar if it really doesn't
    GvR> fit

Oh, horizontal scrollbars are evil:

http://useit.mondosearch.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=4323146&EXTRA_ARG=&host_id=2&page_id=42&query=horizontal+scroll+bars&hiword=HORIZONTAL+SCROLL+BARS+SCROLLING+SCROLLED+SCROLLS+SCROLLER+HORIZONTALLY+SCROLLERS+

:)
    
    GvR> but first it should try to fold text rather than make it
    GvR> stick out of the boxes.

+1

-Barry