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Vertical Alignment?

Thread began 8/11/2010 9:02 am by Nathon Jones Web Design | Last modified 8/13/2010 1:02 pm by Jason Byrnes | 966 views | 4 replies |

Nathon Jones Web Design

Vertical Alignment?

Hi. Is it possible to vertical align text so that it's centered vertically as well as horizontally?
I don't see an option for that in the properties.

Here's my problem:
indexNEW.asp

I've tried searching the forum for this, but I don't notice any other posts that deal with the issue. Hope someone can point me in the right direction, thanks.

Regards
Nath.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

verticle alignment with CSS can be tricky since it will not be treated the same in all browsers.

one way to accomplish this for most modern browsers is to add;
display:table-cell;
vertical-align:middle;

to the ul#cssmw > li > a selector in the CSSMenuWriter/cssmw/menu.css file:

ul#cssmw > li > a {
background-color: #819D40;
background-image: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
display: block;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
height: 40px;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
width: 87px;
display:table-cell;
vertical-align:middle;
}


You can read about other techniques for vertical centering here:
vertical-centering-with-css/

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Nathon Jones Web Design

compatibility issues

Thanks Jason.

That sure works for IE8 and Firefox 3.6, but it completely trashes the menu in earlier browsers!

I'll check out that link and see if there isn't a cross-browser compatible view.

Appreciate the help. Thanks.
Nath.

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Nathon Jones Web Design

working with CSS Menu Writer

Regarding the other methods in the link you've provided:
tutorial...ring-with-css/

...how would I integrate these with CSS Menu Writer? Would I need to directly edit the menu.css file? If so, do you know where?

Appreciate the help. I think the simplest solution would be to reduce the number of buttons on this page (although, typically, the client likes it as it is - but only if they can have middle alignment!). :o)

Regards
Nath.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

yes, you would edit the menu.css file. Most likely the ul#cssmw > li > a element.

depending on which method you choose, you may also need to add div elements around the menu.

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