em or % in width

Sent by Scott Hamm on 29 November 2005 22:10

> Scott, I meant that I wanted to know the source of the statement "em is
> better than % because of IE goof-ups."  I don't know this to be true, so
> if you can tell us where you heard this from we can take a look and see
> if they have wrong information, know something we don't know, or if you
> just misunderstood them.
>

>From a user from webdesign-l mailing list:

3-% is a poor method of setting width on #menulist. The LIs are
obviously meant to be single-line items, but don't necessarily fit in
the width-unknown 17%. Also, the background image won't necessarily fit
that way either. Instead, set its width in ems.
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Message thread:

• em or % in width - Scott Hamm, 28th November 2005 17:05
  • em or % in width - Christian Montoya, 28th November 2005 21:19
  • em or % in width - Zoe M. Gillenwater, 29th November 2005 13:55
    • em or % in width - Scott Hamm, 29th November 2005 22:10
      • em or % in width - Zoe M. Gillenwater, 29th November 2005 15:45
        • em or % in width - Scott Hamm, 29th November 2005 22:17
  • em or % in width - Felix Miata, 29th November 2005 18:12
    • ADMIN: em or % in width - Eric A. Meyer, 29th November 2005 21:40

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