Re: Images that are part of the content <div> have an underline. How to remove this

[Christopher Warner <christopher warner gmail com>]

No objections means go. Sounds good to me.

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On May 14, 2009, at 1:04 AM, "Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org> wrote:

> Nobody is replying. I guess that also means that nobody is  
> objecting. :-)
>
> However I'd like to hear at least support of one or two people before
> pushing the change to git.
>
> Jaap
>
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 19:59, Jaap A. Haitsma <jaap haitsma org>  
> wrote:
> > So shall I go ahead and push the change to git?
> >
> > Jaap
> >
> > 2009/5/10 Jonathan Wilde <speedbreeze gmail com>:
> > > Sorry for my slowness.  I've been busy with AP tests.  Luckily those
> > > will be over on Wednesday for me. :)
> > >
> > > I've really only worked on the CSS for the Plone WGO revamp rather
> > > than the existing Gnome WGO.  Since switching from borders to
> > > underlines would dramatically simplify a lot of the code for the  
> > > Plone
> > > WGO revamp CSS (I ended up overriding the borders for a lot of
> > > elements in Plone), I'd be in favor of this change.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jonathan
> > >
> > > 2009/5/8 Sébastien Nicouleaud <sebastien nicouleaud gmail com>:
> > > > CSS-related questions should probably go to Jonathan.
> > > >
> > > > Seb
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2009/5/8 Jaap A. Haitsma <jaap haitsma org>
> > > > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 17:19, Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>  
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 07:32 +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> > > > > > > E.g. look at the GNOME buttons on
> > > > > > > http://www.gnome.org/friends/thank-you.html
> > > > > > > They have a dotted line under the images because the images  
> > > > > > > link to
> > > > > > > another page.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I can of course solve it on that page by putting these images  
> > > > > > > in a
> > > > > > > seperate <div> and set custom styling for the <a> links in  
> > > > > > > that <div>,
> > > > > > > but I think it would be better to solve it globally. Also the  
> > > > > > > image on
> > > > > > > http://www.gnome.org has a dotted line under the image
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's not just images.  It's all links.  Looks like somebody
> > > > > > decided to put a border-bottom on links.  It's a not-uncommon
> > > > > > trick people use to create an underline that doesn't cut off
> > > > > > the descenders.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Browsers know how to not underline image links (though they
> > > > > > do love those image borders).  But they're not going to do
> > > > > > anything special when you put a border on the a element.
> > > > > > So you have to go to extra trouble to remove the border in
> > > > > > cases where you don't want it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Personally, I think it's just visual noise, and we should
> > > > > > drop it.
> > > > > I agree. Patch attached. With the patch the dotted-line is  
> > > > > removed.
> > > > > Every link is just has the blueish color and as soon as you  
> > > > > hover on
> > > > > it you get an underline (not for images of course)
> > > > >
> > > > > Can I commit this change?
> > > > >
> > > > > Jaap
> > > > >
> > > > > Jaap
> > > > >
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