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Old 02-28-2006, 10:05 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by analogue4
Are there not global options that can be selected to auto fit what you have done, regardless of peoples setups?
I wish!

Percentage widths are OK, but don't offer enough flexibility so can cause trouble at wide or narrow screens.
CSS has min-width and max-width properties that should be set when you want them because some browsers DO support them.

Try using relative font sizes - (%, em, ex units) which should make use of individual users' browser and operating system default font-sizes.

Widths can also be set in those same units (em, ex) which, as they are based on the text-size, can make the width bigger ifthe user has a bigger default font-size - so basically if they have a large monitor, they might have a large default font-size and so you widths would increase to a better fit.

Of couse not everyone realises they have the option to change their "default font-sizes" or don't bother.
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