Re: FN-FORUM: DIV Borders

date posted 2nd April 2004 21:32

At 19:31 on Friday, 02 Apr 2004, subStudio Freelancers wrote:

>
> I agree with what you're saying, however I'm more inclined to follow the
> css route in order to separate content and markup as much as possible,
> and only really use tables (begrudgingly) to present tabular data, so
> want to avoid using tables for layout. My design works, except for the
> way in which safari renders borders on divs. This is the first time CSS
> has let me down with regards to specific positioning...


I didn't mean to be disparaging, I'm a great fan of CSS, I just think that
if a div border becomes an issue you might be asking too much from the
design and the current level of browser support.

I'm also becoming quite pragmatic about cross browser compatibility,
preferring to code to standards first and then tweak for IE if necessary
on the basis that 99% of visitors will get some semblance of the design I
intended.

How much of your target audience will be using Safari? is it a hugely
important issue?

Are you also sure it's a border inside/outside issue and not one of how IE
renders the background color? - I recall some issues with dashed borders
on divs where it seemed as if IE had got the border wrong, but in fact the
bacground color wasn't going under the border.

would really help to see an example url....

I also just googled up a "safari not rendering borders from border
shorthand issue" have you tried specifying border properties the long
way, to see if that's the case?

http://diveintomark.org/safari/

hth