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Re: [directory-discuss] To narrow text
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Chris F.A. Johnson |
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Re: [directory-discuss] To narrow text |
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Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:07:41 -0400 (EDT) |
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On Thu, 16 Apr 2015, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote:
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Joshua Gay <address@hidden> wrote:
On 04/16/2015 02:12 AM, David Englund/Hedlund wrote:
> Why is the text so narrow in say
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat ?
I think the description that was there was much longer than we needed. I
went ahead and provided a shorter description.
> Can you please make it wider?
Our CSS on the Directory is not very good. You can thank me for that :-)
To get our widths working properly we probably need to start using use
@media CSS element.
Probably not necessary.
Hi All,
A change to use percentages and 'em's instead of hard pixel widths or font size
would achieve a more fluid layout. Basically, always use em for font size. Only
use px when you know
the exact dimensions of something (like setting a negative margin for a graphic)
To really get what you want (a responsive layout that is designed to work well
in print and a variety of devices), you are correct Josh that you should use
the 'media' selector, in
combination with 'media queries' [1]
CSS like the following would be good:
@media (min-width: 55em)
{
.main
{
float: left;
width: 65%;
margin-right: 5%;
margin-bottom: 1em;
Also add a maximun width, e.g.:
max-width: 35em;
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Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>