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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:29:55 -0400
From: Dave Brondsema <dave@brondsema.net>
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Subject: Re: css list-items
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Clay Leeds wrote:
> One thing that annoys me about HTML lists, is the indent level seems 
> excessive. It really shows on the Apache Forrest TOC output (any page 
> with a TOC will do for an example, but the Forrest FAQ really shows 
> it[1]). Eric Meyer and A List Apart have a great tutorials about taming 
> lists[2] & [3]. Eric pretty much '[b]oils it all down' to this [2]:
> 
>> Boil it all down, and what we're left with is this: if you want 
>> consistent rendering of lists between Explorer 5.x and Netscape 6.x, 
>> you need to set both the left margin and left padding of the UL 
>> element. We can ignore LI altogether for these purposes. If you want 
>> to reproduce the default display in Netscape 6.x, you write:
>>
>>   ul {margin-left: 0; padding-left: 2.5em;}
>>
>> If you're more interested in following the Explorer model, then:
>>
>>   ul {margin-left: 2.5em; padding-left: 0;}
>>
>> Of course, you can fill in your own preferred values. Split the 
>> different and set both to 1.25em, if you like. If you want to reset 
>> lists to have no indentation, then you still have to zero out both 
>> padding and margin:
>>
>>   ul {margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;}
> 
> 
> Does it make sense to add this to the css-style skin?
> 

Yes I think so.  If it looks better and works for the major browsers, 
why not?

If you want to provide a patch, we'd gladly apply it.  If you do, create 
a new issue in the issue tracker and attach it there.

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