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Re: Odd CSS question

  • Subject: Re: Odd CSS question
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com>
  • Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 12:11:45 +0100
  • Newsgroups: alt.html
  • References: <1113024148.512592.35900@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <Xns96338BD567D0Cjkorpelacstutfi@193.229.0.31>
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Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

> "justin.harper" <justin.harper@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> when I display
>> the link, I don't want the underline the normal distance away from
>> the word.  I want the underline right up on the word, to create a
>> different effect.
> 
> You are almost surely trying to do the wrong thing. If you had posted a
> URL and told why you wish to mess around with the common rendering of
> links, we might discuss whether it makes some sense.
> 
> While you are at it, you might also consider what you mean by an
> underline appearing "right up on the word". This would help in
> selecting the correct technical advice in the very rare case where the
> very idea makes sense.
> 
>> The problem is, I know there's a way to do it,
>> but I can't for the life of me remember what it is.
> 
> And you even found it impossible to describe what you want, on the
> Subject line? "Odd CSS question" is a nonsensical subject.

I agree on that last point. I hate it when people give a teaser rather than
a description. It then gets bound a wrong <title> element in the archives,
which in turn messes up search engines and makes the Internet a jumble of
words.

Roy

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