width v. max-width?

Hi --

I found this on a template, along with a warning that IE would ignore
it:

#content { max-width: 36em; }

Assuming that the person who wrote this is much smarter than me, why
this this a better method of limiting line-length than:

#content p { width: 36em; }

Only curious,
Thanks

<melavids (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I found this on a template, along with a warning that IE would ignore
it:

#content { max-width: 36em; }

Assuming that the person who wrote this is much smarter than me, why
this this a better method of limiting line-length than:

#content p { width: 36em; }

What happens when the available display area is less than 36em wide?
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I found this on a template, along with a warning that IE would ignore
it:

#content { max-width: 36em; }

IE ignores it because { max-width } is a CSS2 command and IE does not
support CSS2.

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Viken K.
http://home.comcast.net/~vikenk

"Viken Karaguesian" <vikenkNO_SPAM (AT) NO_SPAMcomcast (DOT) net> wrote:

IE does not support CSS2.

Too sweeping a statement, IE supports some CSS2.

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Spartanicus

Spartanicus wrote:

"Viken Karaguesian" <vikenkNO_SPAM (AT) NO_SPAMcomcast (DOT) net> wrote:

IE does not support CSS2.

Too sweeping a statement, IE supports some CSS2.

Maybe I should have said "IE does not support CSS2 *well*" :>)

Viken K.

What happens when the available display area is less than 36em wide?
--
Okay, that's a good reason. Gotcha, thanks.

Viken Karaguesian wrote:

Spartanicus wrote:

"Viken Karaguesian" <vikenkNO_SPAM (AT) NO_SPAMcomcast (DOT) net> wrote:


IE does not support CSS2.

Too sweeping a statement, IE supports some CSS2.


Maybe I should have said "IE does not support CSS2 *well*" :>)

Viken K.

Viken,

Too narrow a statement. IE doesn't support anything well. :-)

(Actually, I rather like it for FTP, which it seems to handle flawlessly...)

Chris Beall

On 2006-01-26, Chris Beall <Chris_Beall (AT) prodigy (DOT) net> wrote:

Too narrow a statement. IE doesn't support anything well. :-)

(Actually, I rather like it for FTP, which it seems to handle flawlessly...)

It doesn't support text mode.

Bye.
Jasen