- From: Manos Batsis <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:09:54 +0300
- To: "Rod Dav4is" <dav4is@bigfoot.com>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Dav4is [mailto:dav4is@bigfoot.com]
> Manos Batsis wrote in part:
>
> > But I don't want the default or "auto", that's why I'm
> writing the style
> > in the first place!
>
> Note that only so-called "legacy" UAs -- those which have not yet
> implemented the new spec -- would behave in this way. In my
> view it would be
> better for them to ignore "width:50% outside" (and default to
> "width:auto")
> than to misapply "width:50%;box-sizing:border-box" by setting the
> content-width to 50%.
Damn, had not seen this one coming. How about using this:
.myClass{
width:50%;
border:10px;
box-sizing:border-box; /* (or width-include:border;) */
max-width:50%;
}
With max-width being the safety belt against browsers that do not
understand the new ways of calculating the width.
Kindest regards,
Manos
Received on Tuesday, 19 June 2001 06:11:15 UTC