Centering a DIV content tag on IE

Hi Stephane - guess I was too late :-)

I have to ask how you're generating the code, I'm afraid it's not in very good shape at the moment.

Sean

The initial problem is that you're setting an explicit width, you need to remove it:

.ID1_3_6 { text-align: center; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; width: 100%; }

But there is a lot of extra code in there at the moment, good cross-browser display may be tricky unless we can pare it down quite a bit.

Sean

I generate the code using a php function.

I offer a set of properties to be applied to containers and elements residing inside these containers.

The elements are rendered as div tags and their properties are applied to these div tags.

The containers are rendered as table cells and their properties are applied to these td tags.

I hesitated to render the containers as div tags too.

Here are all the properties offer to the users:

    $this->propertyTypes = array(
      'ALIGNMENT' =>
        array('text-align', $this->mlText[1], $this->mlText[2], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("left" => $this->mlText[3], "center" => $this->mlText[4], "right" => $this->mlText[5])),
      'BACKGROUND_COLOR' =>
        array('background-color', $this->mlText[6], $this->mlText[7], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_COLOR),
      'BACKGROUND_IMAGE' =>
        array('background-image', $this->mlText[8], $this->mlText[9], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_IMAGE),
      'BACKGROUND_REPEAT' =>
        array('background-repeat', $this->mlText[99], $this->mlText[100], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "repeat" => $this->mlText[102], "repeat-x" => $this->mlText[103], "repeat-y" => $this->mlText[104], "no-repeat" => $this->mlText[101])),
      'BACKGROUND_POSITION' =>
        array('background-position', $this->mlText[105], $this->mlText[106], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "top left" => $this->mlText[107], "top center" => $this->mlText[108], "top right" => $this->mlText[109], "center left" => $this->mlText[110], "center center" => $this->mlText[111], "center right" => $this->mlText[112], "bottom left" => $this->mlText[113], "bottom center" => $this->mlText[114], "bottom right" => $this->mlText[115])),
      'BACKGROUND_ATTACHMENT' =>
        array('background-attachment', $this->mlText[10], $this->mlText[11], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "fixed" => $this->mlText[97], "scroll" => $this->mlText[98])),
      'BORDER_STYLE' =>
        array('border-style', $this->mlText[12], $this->mlText[13], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "none" => $this->mlText[46], "solid" => $this->mlText[70], "dotted" => $this->mlText[71], "dashed" => $this->mlText[72], "double" => $this->mlText[92], "groove" => $this->mlText[93], "ridge" => $this->mlText[94], "inset" => $this->mlText[95], "outset" => $this->mlText[96])),
      'BORDER_COLOR' =>
        array('border-color', $this->mlText[14], $this->mlText[15], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_COLOR),
      'BORDER_SIZE' =>
        array('border-width', $this->mlText[16], $this->mlText[17], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 10)),
      'WIDTH' =>
        array('width', $this->mlText[18], $this->mlText[19], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_TEXT),
      'MARGIN' =>
        array('margin', $this->mlText[20], $this->mlText[21], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 30)),
      'PADDING' =>
        array('padding', $this->mlText[22], $this->mlText[23], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 30)),
      'TEXT_ALIGNMENT' =>
        array('text-align', $this->mlText[36], $this->mlText[37], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "left" => $this->mlText[38], "center" => $this->mlText[39], "right" => $this->mlText[40], "justify" => $this->mlText[41])),
      'FONT_COLOR' =>
        array('color', $this->mlText[24], $this->mlText[25], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_COLOR),
      'FONT_TYPE' =>
        array('font-family', $this->mlText[26], $this->mlText[27], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "arial" => "Arial", "verdana" => "Verdana", "courrier" => "Courrier", "lucida" => "Lucida", "garamond" => "Garamond", "georgia" => "Georgia")),
      'FONT_SIZE' =>
        array('font-size', $this->mlText[28], $this->mlText[29], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 100)),
      'FONT_WEIGHT' =>
        array('font-weight', $this->mlText[30], $this->mlText[31], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "normal" => $this->mlText[73], "bold" => $this->mlText[74], "100" => "100", "200" => "200", "300" => "300", "400" => "400", "500" => "500", "600" => "600", "700" => "700", "800" => "800", "900" => "900")),
      'LINE_HEIGHT' =>
        array('line-height', $this->mlText[128], $this->mlText[129], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 30)),
      'WORD_SPACING' =>
        array('word-spacing', $this->mlText[122], $this->mlText[123], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 30)),
      'LETTER_SPACING' =>
        array('letter-spacing', $this->mlText[75], $this->mlText[76], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 30)),
      'WHITE_SPACE' =>
        array('white-space', $this->mlText[117], $this->mlText[118], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "normal" => $this->mlText[119], "pre" => $this->mlText[120], "nowrap" => $this->mlText[121])),
      'DIRECTION' =>
        array('direction', $this->mlText[124], $this->mlText[125], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "ltr" => $this->mlText[126], "rtl" => $this->mlText[127])),
      'FONT_STYLE' =>
        array('font-style', $this->mlText[32], $this->mlText[33], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "normal" => $this->mlText[89], "italic" => $this->mlText[90], "oblique" => $this->mlText[91])),
      'TEXT_DECORATION' =>
        array('text-decoration', $this->mlText[34], $this->mlText[35], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "none" => $this->mlText[77], "underline" => $this->mlText[78], "line-through" => $this->mlText[79], "overline" => $this->mlText[80], "blink" => $this->mlText[116])),
      'TEXT_INDENT' =>
        array('text-indent', $this->mlText[81], $this->mlText[82], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_RANGE, array(0, 200)),
      'TEXT_TRANSFORM' =>
        array('text-transform', $this->mlText[83], $this->mlText[84], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "none" => $this->mlText[85], "uppercase" => $this->mlText[86], "lowercase" => $this->mlText[87], "capitalize" => $this->mlText[88])),
      'LINK_COLOR' =>
        array('color', $this->mlText[42], $this->mlText[43], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_COLOR),
      'LINK_TEXT_DECORATION' =>
        array('text-decoration', $this->mlText[44], $this->mlText[45], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "none" => $this->mlText[46], "underline" => $this->mlText[47])),
      'LINK_HOVER_COLOR' =>
        array('color', $this->mlText[51], $this->mlText[52], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_COLOR),
      'LINK_HOVER_TEXT_DECORATION' =>
        array('text-decoration', $this->mlText[53], $this->mlText[54], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_SELECT, array("" => "", "none" => $this->mlText[46], "underline" => $this->mlText[47])),
      'LINK_USED_COLOR' =>
        array('color', $this->mlText[55], $this->mlText[56], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_COLOR),
      'IMAGE_BACKGROUND_COLOR' =>
        array('image-background-color', $this->mlText[63], $this->mlText[64], TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE_COLOR),
      );

Here is the funciton that renders the properties.

You can see in it some tricks to work around css issues, like positioning...

  // Get the css value for a property
  function getCssValue($name, $value, $templatePropertySetId) {
    $templatePropertyUtils = new TemplatePropertyUtils();

    // Do not display 0px values except for some properties
    if (!in_array($name, array('MARGIN', 'PADDING')) && is_numeric($value) && $value == 0) {
      $value = "";
      }

    // In the most common case, nothing is to be done
    $cssValue = $value;

    // Special coding for an image
    if ($name == 'BACKGROUND_IMAGE') {
      $cssValue = "url($templatePropertyUtils->imageUrl/$value)";
      }

    // Add a pixel unit except on a font weight numeric value
    if (is_numeric($value) && $name != 'FONT_WEIGHT') {
      $cssValue .= "px";
      }

    // Trick to have a div align on the left, center, right
    if ($name == 'MARGIN') {
      if ($otherTemplateProperty = $templatePropertyUtils->selectByTemplatePropertySetIdAndName($templatePropertySetId, "ALIGNMENT")) {
      $otherValue = $otherTemplateProperty->getValue();
      } else {
      $otherValue = "";
      }
      if ($otherValue == 'left') {
      } else if ($otherValue == 'center') {
      $cssValue .= " auto";
      } else if ($otherValue == 'right') {
      $cssValue .= " $cssValue $cssValue auto";
      }
      }

    return($cssValue);
    }


Regards
Stephane

I'm confortable with coding css. But I only want to offer simple css properties to the users.

The only one that poses a problem is the alignment property.

And it is a problem only on IE.

Otherwise the function works okay.

But I'll make a simpler example.

Come back soon!

Thanks

Here comes the example...

First the page html code:

<table width='100%' class='admin'><tbody><tr><td align='center'>
<table width='98%' class='inner'><tbody><tr><td align='center'>
<table border='0' width='100%'><tbody>
<tr>
<td valign='top' width='10%'  align='center'>
<span style=''>
<!doctype html public '-//w3c//dtd html 4.01 transitional//en'>
<html xml:lang="fr" lang="fr">
<head>

<script language='javascript' src='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/js/popup.js'></script>
<script language='javascript' src='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/js/utilities.js'></script>
<noscript>Your browser is not supporting scripts.</noscript>

<meta http-equiv='content-type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'>
<meta http-equiv='content-script-type' content='text/javascript'>
<meta http-equiv='content-style-type' content='text/css'>
<meta http-equiv='imagetoolbar' content='false' />
<meta http-equiv='content-language' content='fr' />
<meta http-referer='http://www.thalasoft.com'>
<meta name='robots' content='ALL' />
<meta name='MSSmartTagsPreventParsing' content='true' />
<meta name='description' content=''>
<meta name='keywords' content='Thalasoft'>

<link href='http://www.thalasoft.com/data/template/model/html/preview.css' rel=stylesheet type='text/css'>

</head>

<body class='ID7_106'>

<base href='http://www.thalasoft.com'>

<div class='ID7_40_140'>

<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr>
<td valign='top'>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_35_107'>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr></table>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr>
<td valign='top'>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_36_111'>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
<td valign='top'>

<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_37_127'>
<div class='ID7_37_59'>
<div class='user'>
<form action='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/system/user/login.php' method='post'>
<div class='email'>Email:<br><input type='text' name='email' size='10' maxlength='50'></div>
<div class='password'>Mot de passe:<br><input type='password' name='password' size='10' maxlength='10'></div>
<div class='ok'><input type=image border='0' src='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/system/admin/html/images/common/ok_tiny_user.png'></div>
<div class='register'><a href='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/system/user/register.php' >Inscription</a></div>
<input type=hidden name='formSubmitted' value='1'>
</form>
</div></div>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
<td valign='top'>

<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_38_129'>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr></table>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr>
<td valign='top'>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_39_138'>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

</td></tr></tbody></table>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Oops! My mistake! Ignore the previous page code. It is not the one in question...

There comes the html page code:

<!doctype html public '-//w3c//dtd html 4.01 transitional//en'>
<html xml:lang="fr" lang="fr">
<head>

<script language='javascript' src='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/js/popup.js'></script>
<script language='javascript' src='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/js/utilities.js'></script>
<noscript>Your browser is not supporting scripts.</noscript>

<meta http-equiv='content-type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'>
<meta http-equiv='content-script-type' content='text/javascript'>
<meta http-equiv='content-style-type' content='text/css'>
<meta http-equiv='imagetoolbar' content='false' />
<meta http-equiv='content-language' content='fr' />
<meta http-referer='http://www.thalasoft.com'>

<meta name='robots' content='ALL' />
<meta name='MSSmartTagsPreventParsing' content='true' />
<meta name='description' content=''>
<meta name='keywords' content='Thalasoft'>

<link href='http://www.thalasoft.com/data/template/model/html/properties.css' rel=stylesheet type='text/css'>

</head>

<body class='ID7_106'>

<base href='http://www.thalasoft.com'>

<div class='ID7_40_140'>

<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr>
<td valign='top'>

<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_35_107'>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr></table>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr>
<td valign='top'>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_36_111'>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
<td valign='top'>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_37_127'>
<div class='ID7_37_59'>
<div class='user'>
<form action='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/system/user/login.php' method='post'>
<div class='email'>Email:<br><input type='text' name='email' size='10' maxlength='50'></div>
<div class='password'>Mot de passe:<br><input type='password' name='password' size='10' maxlength='10'></div>

<div class='ok'><input type=image border='0' src='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/system/admin/html/images/common/ok_tiny_user.png'></div>
<div class='register'><a href='http://www.thalasoft.com/engine/system/user/register.php' >Inscription</a></div>
<input type=hidden name='formSubmitted' value='1'>
</form>
</div></div>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
<td valign='top'>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_38_129'>
</td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr></table>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr>
<td valign='top'>
<table style='width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><tr><td class='ID7_39_138'>
</td></tr></table>

</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
</body>
</html>

And its css properties file:

<style type='text/css'>
.dummy { }
.ID7_106 { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
.ID7_36_111 { text-align: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; }
.ID7_37_127 { text-align: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; padding: 0px; width: 500px; }
.ID7_38_129 { text-align: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; }
</style>

It works fine on Mozilla Firefox.

And it also works fine on IE!

Then it must be that it was some other properties in the first big example that were causing the problem...

I'll try to find out...

I don't get it. It works now.

Case closed.

Thanks anyway!

Well, I'm glad its solved :-)

Thanks Stephane,
Sean