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February 7th, 2004, 04:54 AM

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positioning text over an image

I am trying to position text over an image in a column of a table. I have placed the code below: What happens is a blank line appears in the table displacing the image.

This is the code:

<table>
<TR>
<TD ></TD>

<TD width="300" align="left"><IMG SRC="../../templates/nature/images/menubox_02.gif" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=41 ALT="">

<div id="Layer1" style="position:relative; width:287px; height:23px; z-index:2; left: 47px; top: 36px;">Needlepoint Shop Guilford</div>

</td>

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How do I go about writing the code to eliminate the white line and place the text over the image?

February 7th, 2004, 08:46 AM

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Try setting you layer to "position: absolute"

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February 7th, 2004, 10:41 AM

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putting the image in a layer as well might help for your positioning...
not a requirement, just a suggestion...

there's a big movement trying abolish the use of tables =)
instead using CSS and <div>'s for layout positioning

February 7th, 2004, 12:01 PM

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I suppose that is the question.

February 12th, 2004, 04:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tcjay

I am trying to position text over an image in a column of a table. I have placed the code below: What happens is a blank line appears in the table displacing the image.

Here's my way:

Code:

<table width="300" height="41" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-image: url('../../templates/nature/images/menubox_02.gif')>
<TR>
<TD width="300" align="left">
<div id="Layer1" style="position:relative; width:287px; height:23px; z-index:2; left: 47px; top: 36px;">Needlepoint Shop Guilford</div>

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

It worked for me =)

February 12th, 2004, 05:54 PM

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Here's the more correct, standards-based way of doing it:

Code:

<style type="text/css">
#outter {
	width : 400px;
	height : 80px;
	padding : 0;
	margin : 0;
	background-image: url(your image);
	border : 1px solid green;
	position : relative;
}

#inner {
	position:absolute;
	z-index : 2;
	left: 50%;
	top: 50%;
	border : 1px solid blue;
	margin-top : -10px;
	margin-left : -75px;
}
</style>

<div id="outter">
	<div id="inner">Needlepoint Shop Guilford</div>
</div>

No evil tables. And nice, standard, easily manageable code.

February 15th, 2004, 03:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny_Q

Here's my way:

Code:

<table width="300" height="41" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-image: url('../../templates/nature/images/menubox_02.gif')>
<TR>
<TD width="300" align="left">
<div id="Layer1" style="position:relative; width:287px; height:23px; z-index:2; left: 47px; top: 36px;">Needlepoint Shop Guilford</div>

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

It worked for me =)

Thanks

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