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TheConeHead

TheConeHead

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Is there anyway to do:

padding-left: 75%;

I get some freaky results when I do just that - is there anyway to get the desired results?

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To have a segment of text now in a div to be over 3/4 (75%) of a page...

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Don't you just need to set the width of the div then or have I misunderstood?


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No I am not wanting a div 75% wide - I want one that is 75% over from the left of the cell it is in... make sense? I do not want a big div but one that is simply over 75% of it's container...

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A couple of options depending on how you want the div to be positioned.

The first makes a div as wide as it's containing element and applies 75% padding to it, effectively moving your content over.
Code: 
<div style="border:1px solid black;padding-left:75%">
<p>Here is my text</p>
</div>

The second moves the whole div to a position 75% across the width of it's containing element.

<div style="border:1px solid black;margin-left:75%">
<p>Here is my text</p>
</div>
[/code]

What are the "freaky results" you mentioned?

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