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July 18, 2014 at 1:55 pm #175762misslloydParticipant
My sidebar width is jumping around throughout browsers. Attached are two pictures showing the problem. The first picture is how it looks in Safari and Firefox, and is correct.
http://imgur.com/0Adxrer
The second picture shows Chrome and it is much to far to the right.
http://imgur.com/qOEqZh5
What can I do to fix this? A rookie at this so needless to say I’ve wasted hours and hours trying to figure it out on my own (believe it or not).
Thank you to anyone with advice.July 18, 2014 at 4:30 pm #175767misslloydParticipantI found the problem. Position was “absolute”. I’ve put it to “fixed” and now it seems like it’s fine. Now I’ve arrived at a different problem and my solution that worked for the sidebar isn’t working. I have the sidebar which is fine, that is where I want it and it’s passed the browsers test. But now, my text box is suffering a similar fate…
Here is the site…
I also can’t tell if the text in the text box is lining up horizontally right with the sidebar but I guess that’s another issue.
July 19, 2014 at 12:20 am #175787Paulie_DMemberI gotta say I think you may be starting out on the wrong foot.
Using positioning (such absolute, fixed & even relative) has it’s uses but, IMO, these should be reserved for specific effects and not general page layout. There are much better, flexible and responsive layout methods available to you.
Also, the black background is a little old fashioned AND it makes it harder to diagnose where elements start and finish when inspecting the site.
July 19, 2014 at 3:19 am #175789misslloydParticipantread all the pages in the link your provided. still have the same problem.
July 19, 2014 at 3:24 am #175790Paulie_DMemberIt’s not a matter of just reading the pages…it’s a matter of the way you are (apparently) using one layout method over others..
In my opinion, using positioning is the last layout method one should use.
Of course, you are free to do whatever you wish but any solutions we might offer for your specific issue here is likely to unravel as you add more and more elements and content to your page as you seem to be discovering now.
July 19, 2014 at 6:44 am #175806SenffParticipantWhat Paulie is trying to say (somewhat…) is that if you place a block with position:relative (within a block that’s positioned absolute), left:16%, height:100%, and padding-right:36%, it’s not really surprising that various browsers interpret that differently. Those styles really don’t make much sense (and I’m curious to know why you did it like that?), and there are far better ways of doing what you’re trying to do.
On top of that, in MY Chrome (on Windows), it displays what you call correct.
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