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A: The width any element is made up of the following CSS properties...
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Why do I get horizontal scrolling?
A: You are probably using a relative path reference for your CSS, which does not resolve correctly on your results page. For instance, if you have a form located at ...
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My style sheet does not show on my form confirmation page!
A: Without seeing your page, this is all guess-work, but you are probably using px or pt units for your font-size values. Mac OS browsers and screen configurations generally result in font sizes that are relatively smaller than on Windows systems for these length units. In any case, it is more appropriate to use % or em length values for fonts on the World Wide Web and this will allow users to adjust font sizes to their preferences using their browser font settings.
A: If your CSS file is corrupted, you will need to recover a copy from a backup version of some kind. Many text editors create a backup when you edit a file; the application's configuration settings may indicate where you can find the backup.
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What can I do if my CSS file is corrupted?
A: In the early days of Cascading Style Sheets the implementation of standard style properties, especially layout properties was quite erratic amongst different Web browsers. These days the implementation of CSS in Web browsers is generally very good and reasonably consistent amongst all the major browser vendors. There are still some known errors and inconsistencies amongst browsers but syntax errors in your HTML and CSS code are more likely to be the cause of major layout problems.
Modern Web browsers are designed to tolerate HTML syntax errors, but the way they adapt to incorrect markup may well cause differences in the document structure that is rendered to different browsers. The HTML structure of a document can have a significant effect on the CSS that is applied to it. First, CSS contextual selectors use the nesting of specific elements to decide whether to apply a given style. Secondly, the width, margin, padding and border applied to selected elements affects the overall layout of the page. Browsers may remove or restructure bad HTML element structures that are critical to the composition of the page.
Web browsers are also designed to tolerate CSS syntax errors, but their approach is likely to be more strict than with HTML, they will tend to ignore un-recognised or invalid keywords, property names and values. A missed semi-colon may cause a number of style declarations to be ignored, which can have a significant impact on the overall layout of a page.
You should validate and correct all HTML and CSS syntax errors before you investigate any apparent browser compatibility problems. It is impossible to fix bogus browser bugs that actually exist in your own code. See these Code Style articles:
A: You should validate and correct your XHTML and CSS before you ask questions like this. Follow these links for details of online markup validators and CSS syntax checkers.
You can also validate your markup on your computer, see Validate your markup with NSGMLS.
A: When you get problems like this you should validate your CSS to rule out syntax errors. In this case, you will find that the colour “tan” is not a legitimate CSS colour value. You will also get warnings that you should specify a background colour for each of your foreground colour declarations.
Use the W3C CSS validator installation guide to set up a local syntax checker.
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