CSS Positioning Question

EC · 08-10-2006, 09:36 PM

it's hard to answer specifically without seeing your code, but basically

.whateverclass {
background: #000;
}

<div class="whateverclass">
Your text here.
</div>

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp

ShiftMedia · 08-10-2006, 09:37 PM

Originally posted by EC

it's hard to answer specifically without seeing your code, but basically

.whateverclass {
background: #000;
}

<div class="whateverclass">
Your text here.
</div>

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp

But if I did that, would I also be able to define the height and width of the text? Would this code create a color background or only a highlight effect?

Edit: I just tried this and it seems to have only created a highlight effect which I was hoping it wouldn't do.

Edit 2: Nevermind! It only "looked" like it had the highlight effect in Dreamweaver. When I finally went to look at it in Firefox, it looked the way it should. Thanks for the help guys. If only Dreamweaver made it look like it would in a real browser...

EC · 08-10-2006, 09:50 PM

It's the background color for that whole class. You can assign height, width, padding, margins, etc. to a class, but more likely you would assign those to a parent div id (or table or whatever you're using for layout).

It's always helpful to see the code to give you a proper answer.

But an example of what I *think* you're after:

#textbox {
height: 300px;
width: 200px;
padding: 10px;
}

.gray {
background: #333;
}

then in the body,

<div id="textbox" class="gray">
Your Text Here
</div>

You can assign a class multiple times in the document but an ID only once (they are used for layout primarily).

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