Why use CSS?

After reading through all the comments on a current digg submission regarding the rampant use of tables, I started to wonder why I even began coding in CSS. Although I have built a fair number of CSS layouts for web apps (examples in my resume), I have NEVER actually built anything using TABLES. This fact… Continue reading Why use CSS?

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Javascript: disabled input field

This is true for jQuery, and maybe true for JavaScript in general. If you have an input field that is disabled: <input type=”text” name=”example” value=”example” disabled=”disabled”> You cannot attach / bind any events to it ( ie. onClick, onSumbit, etc.. ). In order to work with those disabled fields, you have to make a separate… Continue reading Javascript: disabled input field

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Text Indent CSS Trick

Its 2am and I just discovered something abnormal in CSS. If you are using the text-indent trick to hide text in your CSS, you must set the text-align value to LEFT. If it is set to text-align: right it will not work. It works in firefox, but not in IE or Opera. This is strange,… Continue reading Text Indent CSS Trick

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