Comments on: Why Don’t You Love Grids? http://mytechworld.officeacuity.com/?p=436 Views on Web Technology and Industry Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Phil http://mytechworld.officeacuity.com/?p=436&cpage=1#comment-402 Phil Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:45:49 +0000 http://mytechworld.officeacuity.com/?p=436#comment-402 Most grids are structured either into horizontal bands or lines whose text overflow property is set to accommodate whatever the largest block of text is within each of their contained columns (e.g. a magazine layout), or the columns are structured such that their content takes precedence over the horizontal layout of the page (e.g. a newspaper layout) so there is no limit to the length of content blocks within each column. Most grids are structured either into horizontal bands or lines whose text overflow property is set to accommodate whatever the largest block of text is within each of their contained columns (e.g. a magazine layout), or the columns are structured such that their content takes precedence over the horizontal layout of the page (e.g. a newspaper layout) so there is no limit to the length of content blocks within each column.

]]> By: Jon http://mytechworld.officeacuity.com/?p=436&cpage=1#comment-400 Jon Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:05:13 +0000 http://mytechworld.officeacuity.com/?p=436#comment-400 What I don't get is how columns within the grid grow as needed. For example, if a grid area contains, say, 20 lines of text before it abuts with the grid area below it, then what happens if instead of 20 lines of text you need 100 lines? How does the layout get "pushed" down to accommodate the expanded content? Jon What I don’t get is how columns within the grid grow as needed. For example, if a grid area contains, say, 20 lines of text before it abuts with the grid area below it, then what happens if instead of 20 lines of text you need 100 lines? How does the layout get “pushed” down to accommodate the expanded content?

Jon

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