tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165619918838992835.post8047390984224133835..comments2019-12-12T05:10:56.008-05:00Comments on The Torn Signpost: And more about CSSOssianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730023509055381022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165619918838992835.post-74847870939154511612011-10-19T10:57:38.352-04:002011-10-19T10:57:38.352-04:00Yeah it's been so long since I first leanred C...Yeah it's been so long since I first leanred CSS and had that desire, I just normally assume a container div with floated elments inside. Or an absolutely position div.Shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05574299128485520929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165619918838992835.post-26306028979223372942011-10-17T18:17:29.642-04:002011-10-17T18:17:29.642-04:00Yeah, wouldn't it just be nice if CSS had this...Yeah, wouldn't it just be nice if CSS had this commonly-desired but difficult-to-implement instruction?Ossianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730023509055381022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165619918838992835.post-28914904610758080112011-10-17T16:39:37.216-04:002011-10-17T16:39:37.216-04:00Heh you know, I'm not sure if I ever got the c...Heh you know, I'm not sure if I ever got the code quite ready for "prime time" but I made that in jQuery, a function like "moveNear" that took that kind of offset. It had too many dependencies on the times being absolutely positioned and in a containter that was relatively or abslutely positioned etc, and then I had to catch when the browser resized (I think because of the way we were centerhing things) but the basic idea is sound, and especially useful for positioning something relative to its parent, but dynamicallyKirk Ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605658292036699663noreply@blogger.com