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Re:CSS Grid Level 2 – subgrid is coming to Firefox by emp_ on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:00AM (#20111723)
Used to draw round corners [the biggest design trend request circa 2002] using tables with cells of one pixel, painting every cell mimicking a perfect anti-aliased curve in a photoshop rectangle, a mere 32 cell table per corner, lol.
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Re:CSS Grid Level 2 – subgrid is coming to Firefox by Vanderson on Thursday June 06, 2019 @09:36AM (#20114372)
That takes the cake. The worst I did was 9 cells, with images in each corner. How did you maintain your sanity when one cell went bonkers on it's dimensions for no good reason?
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Re:CSS Grid Level 2 – subgrid is coming to Firefox by emp_ on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:21PM (#20116733)
Your comment made me remember that every cell had a blank gif so the dimensions would be exact! Even found a wiki about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer_GIF
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Re:CSS Grid Level 2 – subgrid is coming to Firefox by Vanderson on Thursday June 06, 2019 @02:46PM (#20117689)
Yep, an image was the only way to "guarantee" the cell displayed at a specific width/height. These are the kinds of things that taught me most hacks aren't worth doing.
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