[pmwiki-users] Indent multiple paragraphs at once?

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:43:06PM +0100, Hans wrote:
> On 22/08/06, pmwiki at 911networks.com <pmwiki at 911networks.com> wrote:
> > >
> > Is there a way to have a scroll if it is more than 65% of the
> > width?
> 
> I am not sure what you are after.
> Do you want to force the appearanc eof a horizontal scrollbar by using
> wiki styles?
> The answer for that is: its not possible.
> 
> Or do you want the quoted text inside a box with  a horizontal
> scrollbar, if it gets too wide?
> I would not know how to do that.
> 
> If you use divisions with  afixed width, text will wrap naturally.
> Unless it is preformatted text, in which case long lines may spill over the box.

Well, one could set the overflow CSS property:

overflow: auto;

which will add scrollbars if the contents are wider and/or taller than
the designated width.

I have a vague idea that different browsers react differently to that
property, though.

Kathryn Andersen
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