- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:17:58 +0100
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:28:14 +0100, James Jeffery
<cascadingstylez at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Morning all.
>
> Im not sure if this is already a recommendation, or its already been
> thought
> about, but here goes.
>
> Basically i was working on a task, a 2 column layout simple as anything,
> heres the css:
>
> body {width: 50em;}
>
> div#mainNav {width: 10em;}
>
> div#content {width: 40em;}
>
> Now if i want to add a border, say 1pixel all around, i have to convert
> 1px
> to an em unit and minus that from the width values (n-40em), then add 1px
> border all around. It would take me a few seconds on the calculator, i
> know,
> but would it not be easier to have something like?:
>
> body {width: 50em;}
>
> div#mainNav {width: (10em - 1px);}
>
> div#content {width: (40em - 1px);}
>
> #mainNav, #content {border: red 1px solid;}
>
> I mean im sure there would be great use for it on larger and different
> tasks, the example i provided was very simple. Basically the algorithm
> would
> automatically be able to convert between px, em, % etc.
>
> Just an idea, and im looking forward to any comments.
Two things...
1) This is the wrong list.
2) See calc() or 'box-sizing'.
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#calc
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-ui/#box-sizing
Cheers,
--
Simon Pieters
Opera Software
Received on Tuesday, 5 February 2008 04:17:58 UTC