- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:05:53 -0500 (EST)
- To: "Neff, Robert" <Robert.Neff@usmint.treas.gov>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, "'Joan Piroch'" <d4951@sccoast.net>, Jamie Fox <jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>
Assume that people who have browsers which do not support CSS are probably not very interested in presentation controlled to the level provided by CSS. Charles McCN On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Neff, Robert wrote: you cannot rely on CSS! what are other options! /rob -----Original Message----- From: Joan Piroch [mailto:d4951@sccoast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 12:21 PM To: Jamie Fox Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: indenting At 03:13 PM 12/6/99 -0500, Jamie Fox wrote: >I want to indent sections of a document without using spaces or some other >cheat. I want to do something similar to what <blockquote> does. Will ><DIR> do it and how will it hold up on older browsers? Thanks for your >help. > >-Jamie Fox >>CSS is what you want to use here. Something such as the following: div.section1 { margin-left:20px } in the head section or in a linked style sheet. Then: <div class="section1"> in the code. This will "degrade gracefully" in older browsers, although it will NOT be indented. HTH Paul --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI 21 Mitchell Street, Footscray, VIC 3011, Australia (I've moved!)
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