[pmwiki-users] Srolling boxes

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 04:27:51PM +1200, John Rankin wrote:
> On Wednesday, 7 June 2006 3:26 PM, pmwiki at 911networks.com wrote:
> >>> for making boxes, Is there a way to keep it from expanding and 
> >>> making it scroll if it's wider than the screen?
> >> 
> >> add width=650px overflow=auto and that should do it.

> Well, it's really a CSS trick rather than a pmwiki feature.
> 
> Still, it's sufficiently useful that it perhaps ought to be an
> example in the wiki styles documentation. Or even a feature of
> the default pmwiki style sheet for the <pre> tag... Going to a
> wiki page with a long line of preformatted text is an unhappy
> experience.

Agreed that it is an unhappy experience, however if it is put into the
default pmwiki style sheet for the <pre> tag, I would *beg* that the
width be given in ems and not pixels.  Fixed widths in pixels are a Bad
Thing.

Kathryn Andersen
(delurking)
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