OUTLINE property of CSS

[sneakyimp]

Can anyone explain this to me a little...as i understand it, an outline is a border that hovers OVER an html element that doesn't impact the layout of the page. this true? sounds cool to me.

[Sam]

sounds nice, but it is CSS2, so there's no guaruntee its 100% supported. see the REC for more information

[sneakyimp]

that link is precisely where i discovered the existence of this property...i can't get outline stuff to show up in IE. it sounds super handy to me.

[Sam]

does it show up in real browsers? its likely that IE just doesn't support it.

[sneakyimp]

like it or not, most people use it--at LEAST twice as many people as mozilla:

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm

[Sam]

it may be a widely used browser, but that doesn't make it real

[ray326]

Originally posted by sneakyimp
Can anyone explain this to me a little...as i understand it, an outline is a border that hovers OVER an html element that doesn't impact the layout of the page. this true? sounds cool to me.

Since it screws it up a border-top doesn't impact the page layout in IE either. Try text-decoration: overline.