I am using a submission form input field where the text is appearing about 2-5 pixels too low. This is causing letters like lower-case y, q, j, etc. to bleed below the box in Chrome and only partially appear in IE 8. To solve this problem, I would like the text to appear a few pixels higher in the input field, or make the input field a few pixels higher.
How could I do either?
Thanks in advance,
John
The code for the input field:
<div class="submissionfield"><input class="checkMax3" name="title" type="title" id="title" maxlength="80"></div>
The CSS:
.submissionfield
{
position:absolute;
width:550px;
left:30px;
top:230px;
text-align: left;
vertical-align:text-top;
margin-bottom:10px;
padding:2px;
font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size: 22px;
color:#000000;
}
Set line-height to maybe 150% for input field.
You can target the input field using CSS in a few different ways:
input#title {
/* Contents here */
}
.submissionfield input {
/* Contents here */
}
.submissionfield input#title {
/* Contents here */
}
I'd stick some bottom padding on the input, or try to increase the line-height value.
I'm not seeing the problem you describe using the code you included... are there any other styles defined on your page?
Related
I have this code:
<p style="line-height: 1;overflow: hidden;">blah_blah</p>
<p>blah_blah</p>
<p style="line-height: 1;overflow: hidden;">qypj;,</p>
<p>qypj;,</p>
which results in (notice no underscore, and cut characters):
That is, it behaves that way in Firefox (66.0.3 on Windows 10). Other browsers seem to render the underscore. The above snippet runner also seems to work (even in Firefox), unless you run it in "Full page".
This Q is similar to Text changes height after adding unicode character except there are no tricks here. "_" is just a simple ASCII character.
My question is which behavior is the correct one.
Is specific character allowed to change line height (I thought it was only supposed to be font dependent)? Shouldn't line-height: 1 imply it can fit exactly any text?
I suppose some characters are special, such as "p", "g", "j" (and possibly "_") that draw below its line. Still which behavior is the correct one. Is it considered overflow or not?
PS: Furthermore I find it funny either overflow-x: hidden;overflow-y: visible; and overflow-x: visible;overflow-y: hidden; still causes this. Which seems more like an actual bug to me.
My question is which behavior is the correct one.
All of them are correct because we don't have the same default font in all browsers and it's also different depending on the OS.
Is specific character allowed to change line height (I thought it was only supposed to be font dependent)?
Character doesn't change line-height. To be more accurate, line-height is a property that can only be changed by setting line-height but you are probably confusing with the line box that is defined by the line-height and a character alone cannot change it.
Shouldn't line-height: 1 imply it can fit exactly any text?
Not necessarely, line-height:1 means that the line box will be equal to the 1xfont-size 1 but is the font designed to include all the character inside this space? Probably most of them will do but we don't know.
Basically, you have two things to consider. The content area that is defined by the font properties and the line box that is defined by the line-height. We have no control over the first one and we can only control the second one.
Here is a basic example to illustrate:
span {
background:red;
color:#fff;
font-size:20px;
font-family:monospace;
}
body {
margin:10px 0;
border-top:1px solid;
border-bottom:1px solid;
animation:change 2s linear infinite alternate;
}
#keyframes change {
from {
line-height:0.2
}
to {
line-height:2
}
}
<span >
blah_blah
</span>
The red is our content area and its height is defined by the font properties and if you inspect the element you will see it has a height equal to 23px (not 20px like the font-size) and the borders define our line box that we control using the line-height.
So if the line-height is equal to 1 we will have a line box equal to 20px which is not enough to contain the 23px of the content area thus it will get truncated and we may probably hide some characters (or a part of them) which is logical:
span {
background: red;
color: #fff;
font-size: 20px;
font-family: monospace;
}
body {
margin: 5px;
line-height: 1;
overflow:hidden;
}
html {
overflow:auto;
}
<span>
blah_blah ÂÄ j p
</span>
a different font-size will remove the underscore in Firefox:
span {
background: red;
color: #fff;
font-size: 26px;
font-family: monospace;
}
body {
margin: 5px;
line-height: 1;
overflow:hidden;
}
html {
overflow:auto;
}
<span>
blah_blah ÂÄ j p
</span>
Another example with a Google Font where the result should be the same cross browser. The underscore is visible but not the ^/¨
span {
background: red;
color: #fff;
font-size: 26px;
font-family: 'Gugi', cursive;
}
body {
margin: 5px;
line-height: 1;
overflow:hidden;
}
html {
overflow:auto;
}
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Gugi" rel="stylesheet">
<span>
blah_blah ÂÄ j p
</span>
Another example where the underscore is not visible:
span {
background: red;
color: #fff;
font-size: 27px;
font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif;
}
body {
margin: 5px;
line-height: 1;
overflow:hidden;
}
html {
overflow:auto;
}
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans" rel="stylesheet">
<span>
blah_blah ÂÄ j p
</span>
You can clearly see that we have a different overflow everytime we use a different font which confirms that this is font related. We have no control over it unless we know how the font is designed.
Related questions:
Understanding CSS2.1 specification regarding height on inline-level boxes
Why is there space between line boxes, not due to half leading?
Line height issue with inline-block elements
Here is a good article to get more accurate details and calculation: https://iamvdo.me/en/blog/css-font-metrics-line-height-and-vertical-align
A quote from this article:
It becomes obvious that setting line-height: 1 is a bad practice. I remind you that unitless values are font-size relative, not content-area relative, and dealing with a virtual-area smaller than the content-area is the origin of many of our problems.
1 : I considered a simplified explanation but in reality the calculation of the line box is not only relate to the line-height property.
The default line-height (depending on the font-family) when not otherwise specified is about 1.2 in most browsers. This includes Firefox.
This would explain why the underscore did not show in FireFox when the line-height was set to 1 - the bottom was of the line was cut off. So I don't think it's entirely to do with the font (although this does contribute), but also browser defaults.
Some font-sizes are bigger than other even at seemingly the "same" font size (as I'm sure you've seen when typing documents in e.g. Georgia vs Times new Roman/Baskerville ; so you wouldn't be guaranteed that text would always show on a specified line height of 1 (or 1.2). There are ways of measuring a font in pixels however
Hope this helps
If I use the browser tools in Firefox to inspect my snippet below, there is no height difference between the lines with and without underscore. The only difference is caused by the line-height setting: 16px with line-height: 1, 19.2 px with the browser's default line-height. So the underscore doesn't make a difference here (Firefox 66.0.3 on Mac), and it is visible in both cases.
Note that I set margins to 0 to see the "pure" line-height without distances between the lines. Also, I didn't specify a font-familiy setting, so the default font of the browser for p tags is used.
The only reason for what you describe which I can think of is a font with very particular dimensions/settings, where the descenders (i.e. the parts of letters like p q j which extend below the baseline) are not inside the line-height as defined by the font.
After a bunch of comments back and forth: I suppose it could be caused by the different default (system) fonts on Windows and Mac. Still a bug, I would say (if you are using the default font).
html,
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
p {
background: #fb6;
margin: 0px;
}
<p style="line-height: 1;overflow: hidden;">blah_plah</p>
<p style="line-height: 1;overflow: hidden;">blah plah</p>
<p>blah_plah</p>
<p>blah plah</p>
I have labels aligned in three rows and displayed in regular text. I'd like to make these labels bold, but when I apply the property in CSS, the alignment gets a little messed up.
I have included some padding and margin properties to have more space between text box and label, but that doesn't seem to help.
I am trying to have the text bold with "*" and have it aligned with "Surname" label.
How can I make the labels bold and still keep the alignment? I can only make changes to the CSS file and not HTML or font size of the text.
Before
After
**Before code-**
.bold-label {
}
.bold-label:after {
color: #e32;
content: ' *';
display:inline;
}
**After code-**
.bold-label {
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: -1em;
padding-right: 0.75em;
}
.bold-label:after {
color: #e32;
content: ' *';
display:inline;
}
Thanks in advance
The only way to do this is to have the labels that need to be right aligned (above Surname) in a container element, like a div and apply text-align: right to that container.
Here's the problem you're having:
Each label box (.bold-label) is the width of its content (the text). This means that when the content expands (because you make it bold), the box will expand with it. This breaks your alignment.
To overcome this you could assign a width to each label box. With a large enough set width you can create enough space for the text to expand without changing the length of the box.
Try this:
.bold-label {
display: inline-block;
text-align: right; /* only works on block containers */
width: 150px;
}
DEMO
This is my code, but it puts the bullet-points on the left. Hope it is of help:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
li{
font-weight:bold;
text-align:right;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<li>Consultation
</li>
<li>Pharmacist
</li>
<li>Registration No.
</li>
</body>
I am not sure where you edit the code for my question so I put both (sorry if that confuses anyone)
In the top right hand corner there are two text boxes, but I'm not sure how to make them bigger in height. Please could you help me?
Here is the link to my site so far: http://jsfiddle.net/xiiJaMiiE/4UUgg/1/embedded/result/
#signin
{
position:absolute;
min-width:22%;
height 20%;
top:0%;
right:0%;
z-index:10;
background-color:#CCC;
border: 1px solid grey;
}
#signin input {
background-color:#FFF
}
Sorry to be a pain, but also how do I add text into it? but when the user clicks in the box is disappears?
Thanks for your help!
According to this answer, here is what it says:
In Javascript, you can manipulate DOM CSS properties, for example:
document.getElementById('textboxid').style.height="200px";
document.getElementById('textboxid').style.fontSize="14pt";
If you simply want to specify the height and font size, use CSS or style attributes, e.g.
//in your CSS file or <style> tag
#textboxid
{
height:200px;
font-size:14pt;
}
<!--in your HTML-->
<input id="textboxid" ...>
Or
<input style="height:200px;font-size:14pt;" .....>
If you want to make them a lot bigger, like for multiple lines of input, you may want to use a textarea tag instead of the input tag. This allows you to put in number of rows and columns you want on your textarea without messing with css (e.g. <textarea rows="2" cols="25"></textarea>).
Text areas are resizable by default. If you want to disable that, just use the resize css rule:
#signin textarea {
resize: none;
}
A simple solution to your question about default text that disappears when the user clicks is to use the placeholder attribute. This will work for <input> tags as well.
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" placeholder="This is the default text"></textarea>
This text will disappear when the user enters information rather than when they click, but that is common functionality for this kind of thing.
This will do it:
#signin input {
background-color:#FFF;
min-height:200px;
}
Try this:
#signin input {
background-color:#FFF;
height: 1.5em;
/* or */
line-height: 1.5em;
}
there are many options that would change the height of an input box. padding, font-size, height would all do this. different combinations of these produce taller input boxes with different styles. I suggest just changing the font-size (and font-family for looks) and add some padding to make it even taller and also more appealing. I will give you an example of all three style though:
#signin input {
font-size:20px;
}
OR
#signin input {
padding:10px;
}
OR
#signin input {
height:24px;
}
This is the combination of the three that I recommend:
#signin input {
font-size:20px;font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Light", "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
padding:10px;
}
.textbox {
height: 40px;
}
<div id=signin>
<input type="text" class="textbox" size="25%" height="50"/></br>
<input type="text" class="textbox" size="25%" height="50"/>
Make the font size larger and add height (or line height to the input boxes)
I would not recommend adding those size and height attributes in the HTML as that can be handled by CSS. I have made a class text-box that can be used for multiple input boxes
I'm trying to create a "cancel" link that looks like an x with a solid red circle behind it.
Here is the CSS:
.circle {
display:inline;
padding-left:4px;
padding-right:4px;
background:rgb(196,15,24);
-moz-border-radius:10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
}
.circle a {
font-size:10px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#fff;
}
This is the HTML code:
<div class='circle'>
x
</div>
It ends up looking like this: alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/472563dfe4.png.
How do I move the x so that it is centered within the circle? Changing the margin-top or bottom doesn't seem to work...
If you relatively position your a tag you can fix it:
.circle a {
font-size:10px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#fff;
position:relative; top:-2px;
}
Adjust the top value to your liking.
Your font must accomodate characters like É, q, X and x, etc and still be displayed over background whatever the height of the character is.
I found that using an X (or text-transform: uppercase; obviously) and font-family: monospace; was an improvement with your code, though not perfect. Solution provided by mhr is useful even with a monospace font.
I am doing something similar, and using the following to center my text:
text-align: center;
margin: auto;
position: relative;
I have a website design that includes text input fields that look like this:
Input Field http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4453/picture1ts2.png
I'm wondering what the best solution for creating this input field is.
One idea I have is to always have a div around the input with a background image and all the borders disabled on the input field and specified width in pixels, such as:
<div class="borderedInput"><input type="text" /></div>
I have tried to discourage them from using this format, but they won't be discouraged, so it looks like I'm going to have to do it.
Is this best or is there another way?
--
Trial:
I tried the following:
<style type="text/css">
input.custom {
background-color: #fff;
background:url(/images/input-bkg-w173.gif) no-repeat;
width:173px;
height:28px;
padding:8px 5px 4px 5px;
border:none;
font-size:10px;
}
</style>
<input type="text" class="custom" size="12" />
but in IE (6 & 7) it does the following when you type more than the width:
Over Length http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/1417/picture2kp8.png
I'd do it this way:
<style type="text/css">
div.custom {
background:url(/images/input-bkg-w173.gif) no-repeat;
padding:8px 5px 4px 5px;
}
div.custom input {
background-color: #fff;
border:none;
font-size:10px;
}
</style>
<div class="custom"><input type="text" class="custom" size="12" /></div>
You just have to adjust the padding values so everything fits correctly.
It is - in my eyes- definitely the best solution since in any other case you're working with a whole input field. And the whole input field is - by definition - a box where users can enter text.
If you can rely on JavaScript you could wrap such div-Elements around your input fields programatically.
Edit:
With jQuery you could do it this way:
$( 'input.custom' ).wrap( '<div class="custom"></div>' );
CSS:
div.custom {
background:url(/images/input-bkg-w173.gif) no-repeat;
padding:8px 5px 4px 5px;
}
input.custom {
background-color: #fff;
border:none;
font-size:10px;
}
And your HTML:
<input class="custom" ... />
You don't need the div element, you can assign a background to the input directly.
Edit: Here is the working code. I tested it, but you'll have to adjust it for your needs. As far as I can tell, everything here is needed.
input {
background: #FFF url(test.png) no-repeat bottom right;
width: 120px;
height: 20px;
line-height:20px;
padding:0;
text-indent:3px;
margin:0;
border: none;
overflow:hidden;
}
Edit2: I'm not quite sure why I'm getting downvoted, but this method should work unless you need an image bigger than the input element itself. In that case, you should use the extra div element. However, if the image is the same size as the input, there is no need for the extra markup.
Edit3: Ok, after bobince pointed out a problem, I'm getting a little closer. This will be work in IE6&7 and it's close in FF, but I'm still working on that part.
input {
background: #FFF url(test.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;
background-attachment:fixed;
width: 120px;
height: 20px;
line-height:20px;
padding:0px;
text-indent:3px;
margin:0;
border: none;
}
body>input {
background-position:13px 16px;
}
Edit4: Ok, I think I got it this time, but it requires use of a CSS3 selector, so it won't validate as CSS 2.1.
input {
background: #FFF url(test.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;
background-attachment:fixed;
width: 120px;
height: 20px;
line-height:20px;
padding:0px;
text-indent:3px;
margin:0;
border: none;
}
body>input {
background-position:13px 16px;
}
body>input:enabled {
background-position:9px 10px;
}
body>input will target everything except for IE6, body>input:enabled will target any form elements that aren't disabled for all browsers except for IE 6, 7, & 8. However, because :enabled is a CSS3 selector, it doesn't validate as CSS2.1. I wasn't able to find an appropriate CSS2 selector that would allow me to separate IE7 from the other browsers. If not validating (yet, until the validator switches to CSS3) is a problem for you, then I think your only option is the extra div element.
Have you evaluated using background image like this:
<style type="text/css">
input{
background-color: #AAAAAA;
background-image: url('http://mysite.com/input.gif');
border: 0px;
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 10px;
color: #0000FF;
}
I have done this a few times. I have the background image inside a div and use css to position the input field accordingly.
Have a peek at the following site I created that used this technique and use the code: http://www.ukoffer.com/ (Right hand side Newsletter)
AFAIK, the background scrolling problem can be solved either in Firefox and friends, OR Internet Exploder; but not make everyone happy at once.
I would normally have said to style the input directly, but now that I think of it that div example doesn't sound too bad and should take care of your background image scrolling problem.
In that case you'd set a div as position:relative, and put the input inside it with proper padding and width (or 100% width if padding is 0), background transparent, and put an image on the div.
okoman has gotten the CSS aspect correct. May I suggest using a <label> to improve the semantic structure of the markup?
<label id="for-field-name" for="field-name">
<span class="label-title">Field Name <em class="required">*</em></span>
<input id="field-name" name="field-name" type="text" class="text-input" />
</label>
<style type="text/css">
label, span.label-title { display: block; }
</style>
Not only is this more accessible, but it provides numerous hooks that you can use for any type of DOM manipulation, validation or field-specific styling in the future.
Edit: If you don't want the label title displayed for some reason, you can give it a class of 'accessibility' and set the class to display: none; in the CSS. This will allow screen readers to understand the input but hide it from regular users.
The easiest way to get rid of the overflow without JavaScript is simple:
Create a 3 spans, and set their heights to the height of the
image.
Cut the image into 3 parts, ensuring you cut the image such that
the left and right round parts will be on the 1st and 3rd images
respectively.
Set the background of the 1st span to the image
with the left border, and set it to no-repeat.
Set the background
of the third span to the image with the right border and set it to
no-repeat.
Put the input inside the middle span, remembering to
set its height to the height of the spans, and its background to the
2nd image, and repeat-x only.
That will ensure that the input
will seem to expand horizontally once the input is being filled. No
overlapping, and no JS needed.
HTML
Assuming the image height is 60px, the width of the first and third span is 30px,
<span id="first">nbsp;</span><br />
<span id="second"><input type="text" /></span><br />
<span id="third">nbsp;</span>
CSS
span#first{background:url('firstimage') no-repeat; height:60px; width:30px;}
span#third{background:url('thirdimage') no-repeat; height:60px; width:30px;}
span#second input{background:url('second image') repeat-x; height:60px;}
That should resolve your issue.