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Re: lynx-dev non-breaking space in input forms
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev non-breaking space in input forms |
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Sat, 12 Dec 1998 15:51:12 -0500 (EST) |
>
> >From: address@hidden
> >>From: address@hidden
> >> in the field. I grabbed the source and discovered that for some reason
> >> in the form they have attempted to set the word "for:" apart from the
> >> selection box and text entry field with &nspc; characters. But those
> >> cause lynx to position the input cursor in the middle of the text field.
> >perhaps they're doing something that assumes the font's proportional and
> >trying to compensate for it with spacing...
>
> I suspect so. But why does Lynx interprete the nspc's as meaning to position
> the cursor into the input line?
for instance (guessing of course), if the spaces are in a large fixed
font, and they're trying to overlay a smaller proportional font.
-- but I haven't looked at the page (am in the middle of other stuff).
> Larry W. Virden <URL: mailto:address@hidden>
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Thomas E. Dickey
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