Line Spacing

When im tryping text and i want to finish a line but not start a new paragraph,
i cant just hit 'Return' because it automatically gives a huge space under the
text to start a new paragraph or something.

eg.

Hi my name is John.
I live in Australia.

Dreamweaver does this.

Hi my name is John.

I live in Australia

There is still only one 'Return' un the 'Hi my name is John' line though.

Any help, thanks in advanace.

Hold down the "shift" key and press "enter".

Thanks alot, much appreciated.

I need to find a way to disable ctrl + scroll. There must be a way.

"vinnie roe" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Thanks alot, much appreciated.

I need to find a way to disable ctrl + scroll. There must be a way.

We already told you that there is no way. Why don't you believe us?

Here's one option

1) Set the font size in px
2) Make believe everyone uses IE
3) Make believe IE users don't know how to resize text

Here's another

1) Redesign your page so that it doesn't break when users resize text.

use css to control the top and bottom margin for paragraphs. When you
use Return in design view in DW, it is creating paragraphs--which have a
default margin-top and margin-bottom. Using CSS, you can create a rule
using DW's css tools (read up online or in help or somewhere if you
don't know how)

p.singleline {
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom:0;
}

and where you want only a single line space between paragraphs, you will
set the class="singleline" by

1)insert cursor into the first paragraph
2) right-click and choose CSS Styles>singleline
3) repeat steps 1-2 for the next paragraph

conversely, if you want all paragraphs to behave like this (spacing),
you can replace the rule above with

p {
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom:0;
}

and you won't have to "attach" the class to any paragraph -- they will
just use the properties because they are paragraphs.

HTH
donna

..oO(vinnie roe)

When im tryping text and i want to finish a line but not start a new paragraph,
i cant just hit 'Return' because it automatically gives a huge space under the
text to start a new paragraph or something.

That's how HTML works, there's no such thing like a "single line". If
you _really_ need a hard line-break press [shift]+[enter] to insert a
'br' element, but I strongly recommend to use them _very_ rarely. For
the best result and most portability just let the text flow.

Micha

It's a hard line break. It doesn't allow the text to reflow if the
container expands. It doesn't have the same semantic meaning as a new
paragraph. It's the wrong thing to use for this issue....

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"Malcolm N....." <malcolm (AT) mgnixon (DOT) org.uk> wrote

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:37:35 +0100, Michael Fesser <netizen (AT) gmx (DOT) de
wrote:



That's how HTML works, there's no such thing like a "single line". If
you _really_ need a hard line-break press [shift]+[enter] to insert a
'br' element, but I strongly recommend to use them _very_ rarely. For
the best result and most portability just let the text flow.

What is bad about <br> please ?




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<div id="whatever">
<p>Line One</p>
<p>Line Two</p>
<p>Line Three</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Line One<br />
Line Two<br />
Line Three</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</div>

#whatever p { margin:0; } /* adjust to suit */


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"Malcolm N....." <malcolm (AT) mgnixon (DOT) org.uk> wrote

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:10:25 -0500, "Murray *TMM*"
forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote:

It's a hard line break. It doesn't allow the text to reflow if the
container expands. It doesn't have the same semantic meaning as a new
paragraph. It's the wrong thing to use for this issue....

OK - I've used it to keep a few lines close together - rather like a
list but without a bullet point.
Obviously in this context - I don't want text to flow.


p>Line One</p
p>Line Two</p
p>Line Three</p
p>&nbsp;</p
p>Line One<br /
Line Two<br /
Line Three</p
p>&nbsp;</p

Is there a better way of reducing line spacing ?
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..oO(Malcolm N.....)

OK - I've used it to keep a few lines close together - rather like a
list but without a bullet point.

Why not use a list then? Of course it depends on the content if a list
would be appropriate in this case.

Micha