Inline links - block styling
19th October 2008
"Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song.
Originally a 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "Dead Leaves") with music by and lyrics by poet , English lyrics were written in 1947 by the American songwriter . It has become a pop standard and a jazz standard in both languages, and as an instrumental. "Les feuilles mortes" was introduced by in 1946 for the film Les Portes de la Nuit.
The film Autumn Leaves (1956) starring featured the song, which was sung by over the title sequence.
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Information
Have you ever wanted to style your inline links as if they were blocks? Well it will be possible when all browsers include the style 'inline-block', but until then this is one way to do it.
No messing around with 'display:block;' / 'display:inline; / float:left; etc. this method, seen above, uses nothing more than a 'textarea' which is basically an inline block.
It is valid to place a textarea within a link and then style this to remove the default styles and replace them with your own. This includes background images, width, height, font-size, font-family, line-height etc. and using these we can produce a rollover background image change (well a background-position change) and have lovely inline block links.
Tested in IE6, IE7, Firefox, Opera, Safari(PC) and Google Chrome. Opera doesn't quite get the vertical text position right.
21st January 2012
Now we can use inline-blocks in all modern browsers.
Copyright
You may use this method on your personal 'non-profit' web site without seeking my permission. A link back to CSSplay is always appreciated.
Commercial usage is also permitted without seeking approval, but I would ask that a donation is considered to support my work on CSSPlay.
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