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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?
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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!
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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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