Posts Tagged ‘CSS’
Formatting code or commands on your blog with CSS
I have spent quite a bit of time figuring out how to make this blog easier to read visually. One thing I came up with is CSS to make the commands or code that I describe easier to pick out and easier to see due to formatting.
Here’s the CSS I used for the
tag. This will allow nicely formatted pre sections with your code or commands. I opted to wrap the words for really long lines instead of using the horiztonal scroller.I’ve tested this on Mac OS X with Opera, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox and it works great.
I like the added effect of the background and rounded corners as well.
pre { color: white; overflow-Y: hidden; overflow: auto; font-family: “Consolas”,monospace; font-size: 9pt; text-align:left; background-color: black; overflow-x: auto; /* Use horizontal scroller if needed; for Firefox 2, not needed in Firefox 3 */ white-space: pre-wrap; /* css-3 */ white-space: -moz-pre-wrap !important; /* Mozilla, since 1999 */ white-space: -pre-wrap; /* Opera 4-6 */ white-space: -o-pre-wrap; /* Opera 7 */ word-wrap: break-word; /* Internet Explorer 5.5+ */ _white-space: pre; /* IE only hack to re-specify in addition to word-wrap */ margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:6px 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; }