CSS - Inline List Problems

Hi all,

Im hoping someone out there can help me.

Ive just discovered ive made a massive mistake by designing my site and viewing it in IE. It looks fine in IE, but of course there is one part that looks terrible in FF ( not FFs fault i know!)

The navigation bar is an inline list that is supposed to appear tabbed but in FF one of the tabs is pushed up a lot higher and I cant figure out what is pushing it up. i thought it might be the #ul secondary pushing it up (as this appears a bit wonky as well...)and i tried adding /* Hides from IE-mac \*/

#ul secondary {
position: absolute;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
bottom: -41px;
left: 1px;
width: 100%;
}
/* End hide from IE-mac */

but this didnt change anything. i tried using the DOM inspector that comes with firebug but I still cant figure out whats pushing up the one home page tab....

Any tips anyone might have would be greatly appreciated.



My style sheets is




/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

2 column container

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/


#content-container-two-column {
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
padding:10px;
width:728px;
position:relative;
margin-bottom: 50px;
}

#content-main-two-column {
width:728px;
float:left;
}

#content-side-two-column {
float:right;
width:160px;
}

/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

3 column container

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/

#content-container-three-column {
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
padding:10px;
width:728px;


position:relative;
}

#content-main-three-column {
width:355px;
float:left;
margin-left:25px;
}

#items-left {
width:148px;
float:left;
margin-right: 45px;

}

#items-right {
width:148px;
float:right;
margin-right: 45px;

}





#content-side2-three-column,
#content-side1-three-column {
width:150px;
font-size:1.1em;
}



#content-side2-three-column {
float:right;
}

#content-side1-three-column {
float:left;
}

/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

index page

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/

#three-column-container {
background:url(../../images/bg-three-column-home.png) repeat-y;
padding:0;
margin:20px 0 10px 0;
}

#three-column-side1 {
float:left;
width:148px;
margin-right: 45px;
}

#three-column-side2 {
float:right;
width:142px;
background-color: #E9E9E9;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
}
.centre {
background-position: center;
margin-bottom: 5px;
text-align: center;
padding: 0px;
}


#three-column-side22 {
float:right;
width:148px;
}

#three-column-middle {
width:340px;


margin:0px 10% 0px20%;
margin-right: 10%;
margin-left: 20px;
}


#three-column-middle-air {
width:340px;


margin:0px 10% 0px20%;
margin-right: 10%;
margin-left: 20px;
}


/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/

body {
margin:0px;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:0.7em;
line-height:1.4em;
color:#666666;
}

p {
margin:10px 0;
}

p.no-padding-no-margin {
padding:0;
margin:0;
}

hr{
color: #E5E5E5;
background-color: #E5E5E5;
height: 1px;
border:0;
margin:15px 0;
_margin:10px 0;
}




/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

headings

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/


h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
font-size:1.8em;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
line-height:1.1em;
margin:5px 0;
}

h1 {
margin-bottom:0;
}

h1, h2 {
margin-top:0px;
}

h2 {
font-size:1.3em;
}

h3 {
font-size:1.1em;
}

h3.small {
font-size:1.2em;
}

h4 {
font-size:1.1em;
}

h5 {
font-size:1.1em;
}

h6 {
font-size:1em;
}


a:link {
color:#d61719;
text-decoration:none;
}

a:visited {
color:#980000;
text-decoration:none;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}

a:active {
color:#980000;
}

#content-side-two-column a:link,
#content-side2-three-column a:link,
#content-side1-three-column a:link,
#content-side-two-column a:visited,
#content-side2-three-column a:visited,
#content-side1-three-column a:visited {
text-decoration:none;
}

#content-side-two-column a:hover,
#content-side2-three-column a:hover,
#content-side1-three-column a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
}



.img_text {

float:left;
margin-top:0px;
margin-right:10px;
margin-bottom:0px;

}




#poster-photo-container {

margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
width:750px;

position:relative;
}

.poster-photo-image {

display:block;

}


ul {
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
}

li {
list-style:none;
background:url(../../images/list-bullet-02.gif) no-repeat 0 .8em;
padding:.2em 0 .2em 1em;
margin-left:0.4em;

}



#content-side1-three-column ul.list-of-links,
#content-side2-three-column ul.list-of-links {
margin: 0 0 30px 0px;
}

ul.list-of-links li{

background-image:url(../../images/list-bullet-01-link.gif);
}

ul.list-of-links li.current {
background-color:#E5E5E5;
}


ul.no-lines,
ul.no-lines li {
border:none;
}



.feature-area {
background-color:#6799D1;
}


/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

images

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/

img {
border:none;

}

.img_footer {
border:none;
padding-right:10px;

}
.photo-border {
padding:0px;
margin-bottom:5px;
display:block;

/*background-image: url(../../images/bg-photo.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-position: top;*/
}

.photo-float-left {
float:left;
margin-left:0px;
margin-right:10px;
margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:40px;

}

.photo-float-details {
float:left;
margin-left:0px;
margin-right:10px;
margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:1px;

}

.image-border-none {
border:none;
}




/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

FOOTER

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/

#footer {
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
width:740px;
padding:.8em 0 1em 10px;
position:relative;
font-size:0.9em;
text-align: center;
}



#footer a:link,
#footer a:visited {
color:#555450;
text-decoration:none;
padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;
}

#footer a:hover {
color:#64645c;
text-decoration:none;
padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;
}

#footer a:active {
color:#FFFFFF;
padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;
}






.arrow {
vertical-align:middle;
}



.clear {
clear:both;
}

.none {
display:none;
}

.dent {
margin-left: 20px;
}



/*Tabs*/


html, body {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

body {
text-align: left;
}

#Wrapper {
font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #333333;
text-align: left;
width: 750px;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: auto;
padding: 0px;
}

#Container {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #333;
clear: both;
margin: 0px;
padding-top: 2.2em;
padding-right: 0;
padding-bottom: 0;
padding-left: 0;
width: 750px;
float: left;
border-top: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
display: block;
}




#Content {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border-top-width: 1px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-color: #C0C0C0;
padding-bottom: 20px;
margin: 0px;
width: auto;
height: auto;
}

#Navigation {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight:bold;
color: #333333;
position: relative;
height: 50px;
display: block;
width: auto;
}
ul#primary {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
bottom: -1px;
width: 728px;
}

ul#primary li {
display: inline;
list-style: none;
}

ul#primary a,ul#primary a.active {
width: 10em;
display: block;
float: left;
text-align: center;
font-family: tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #333;
letter-spacing: .1em;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 2px;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-right: 0;
padding-bottom: 4px;
padding-left: 0;
}




ul#primary a.active,ul#primary a.active:hover {
border-top: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
border-right: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
background: #ffffff;
color: #333;
margin-top: 0;
margin-right: 2px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-right: 0px;
padding-bottom: 4px;
padding-left: 0px;
}




ul#primary a {
border-top: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
border-right: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 2px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-right: 0px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
padding-left: 0px;
background: #e8e9e1;
}

ul#primary a:hover {
margin-top: 1;
border-color: #c0c0c0;
color: #333;
padding-bottom: 3px;
margin-right: 2px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-right: 0px;
padding-left: 0px;
background: #e9eaea;
}
ul#secondary {
position: absolute;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
bottom: -21px;
left: 1px;
width: 100%;
}

/* Hides from IE-mac \*/
#ul secondary {
position: absolute;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
bottom: -41px;
left: 1px;
width: 100%;
}
/* End hide from IE-mac */



ul#secondary li a {
width: auto;
display: block;
float: left;
padding: 0 10px;
margin: 0;
text-align: center;
border-top: none;
border-right:none;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: none;
background: none;
color: #666;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}

/* Hides from IE-mac \*/
#ul secondary li a {
width: auto;
display: inline;
float: left;
padding: 0 10px;
margin: 0;
text-align: center;
border-top: none;
border-right:none;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: none;
background: none;
color: #666;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* End hide from IE-mac */

ul#secondary li a:hover {
color: #333;
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: none;
margin: 0px;
padding-top: 0;
padding-right: 10px;
padding-bottom: 0;
padding-left: 10px;
background: none;
}

ul#secondary li a:active {
color: #000;
font-weight: bold;
}

ul#secondary li:last-child a {
border: none;
}

.bold {

font-weight:bolder;
color:#000000;}


#number {

width:20opx; }



And some of the html

<div id="Wrapper">
<img src="pics/logo2.gif" align="right" />
<div id="Navigation">
<ul id="primary">
<li><a href="index.html" class="active">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="print.html">Printing</a>

<ul id="secondary">
<li><a href="about.html">About us</a></li>
<li><a href="environment.html">Environment</a></li>
<li><a href="links.html">Links</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="products.html">Products</a></li>
<li><a href="cart">View Cart</a>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact us</a></li> </ul>
</div>
<div id="Container">
<div id="Content">
<div id="poster-photo-container"><img src="pics/header6.jpg" alt="" class="poster-photo-image" /></div>
<div id="content-container-two-column">
<div id="content-main-two-column">
<h1>
Welcome to The Picture Works Printing Room</h1>

Hello,
I am trying to display a three column menu (each column is a list). I created a single container. Within that I created three more containers(each about 33% width). Each internal <div> for the separate columns are set to inline. When I put text in each of the 4 pairs of <divs> they display side by side. Just fine. But If the DIV contains a list, despite the fact that the DIVs defined as inline, it still drops to the next line and things like the background color don't even render. All of the box styles are identical except for the background color.

Shouldn't the <DIV> (defined with the display:inline) let me place whatever I want inside it? Just out of curiosity, I changed the first column into a 1 item list and it sifted to the right,.I don't know what that was based on. It also seemed to act like a block display, everytning went to the next line, and the background color was ignored. But the color attribute did render. ????? I haven't seen anything discussing the issues with defining lists inside of inline DIVs. I'm working with Firefox because that follows the standards better than IE although I have to make it work w/ IE too. What did has me pounding my head is how a UL tag seems to wipe out most (but not all) of the settings for the DIV containing it.

I am thinking of making the columns each list items as a work around but I don't know why what I tried doesn't work.

Thanks!

Randy

This is an simple example:
Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style>
#box1 {
width:100px;
height:100px;
background-color:#FFFF33;
display:inline;
}

#box2 {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color:#FF8833;
display:inline;
}

#box3 {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color:#88FF33;
display:inline;
}

#box4 {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color:#CCCCCC;
display:inline;
}

#container {
width: 550px;
height 150px;
background-color:#CC66FF;
}

li {
list-style:none;
}

</style>
</head>

<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="box1">Column 1</div>
<div id="box2">Column 2</div>
<div id="box3">Column 3</div>
<div id="box4">
<ul>
<li>Column 4</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html> 

Damn another problem good thing you guys are so helpful....

What am I doing wrong here?

css
Code:

#footer{
	position:relative;
	z-index:-1;
	margin-top:-50px;
	background-color:#666666;
	width:100%;
	height:100px;
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto;
	border-top:#000000 10px solid;
}
#footer ul{
	position:absolute;
	padding:0px;
	margin-top:50px;
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto; 
}
#footer li{
	display:inline;
	padding:0px;
	margin:0px;
}
#footer a{
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:10px;
	
	border-right:#FFFFFF 1px solid;
}

html
Code:

<div id="footer">
	<ul>
    	<li><a href="#">Nav 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Nav 2</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Nav 3</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Nav 4</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Nav 5</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Nav 6</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Nav 7</a></li>
    </ul>

</div>

Just can't seem to get the list centered inside the div

I'm having trouble understanding how to vertically center an inline list in a div. Can anyone recommend some reading?

The list is used for a horizontal nav bar with a background. I've set the height of the div to 20px because that's the height of the bg image.

Also: Should the font specs be where they are (#nav ul) or maybe in the #nav section?

Here's the code:

Code:

#nav {
background: url(../images/nav_bg2.gif);
text-align: center;
overflow: hidden;
height: 20px;
}
#nav ul{
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
}
#nav li{
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 0.75em;
display:inline;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

As the title says...

Design constraints unfortunately mean I need to do achieve the basic design shown in the example below (using a list)

I have created an example to illustrate the problem I am experiencing.

Problem example

The list item text is wrapping too early in IE6 and IE7, though fine in my other target browsers such as Firefox and Opera.

removing clear:left stops the wrapping, but then when 2 or more nav items have short content they sit on the same line which is no good obviously

Any ideas / solutions etc. would be most welcome