Sent by Seth Rothberg on 24 November 2004 13:01
On Nov 24, 2004, at 7:25 AM, Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote:
> Seth Rothberg wrote:
>
>> I guess I'm a little confused by ems. I mean, if I give a submenu a
>> width of 8ems, won't a menu item of more than 8 characters overflow
>> the submenu boundary?
>>
>
> No, but a menu item of roughly 16 characters will wrap, since an em is
> roughly equal to 2 characters. But, since you already know your menu
> items, you can set a dimension that will assure that each stays on one
> line, regardless of text size. Right now with percentages, they will
> all wrap if you narrow your window enough.
>
> Zoe
Cool. I think I'm getting it now. By the by, on going back to
dithered.com to re-read the filters' chart I discovered you were
absolutely right about the filter I was using (html * selector). Thanks
for the reality check.
Seth
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