I am modifying for my purpose the phpbb poll display. This is my current html code when result display is on:
<div class="content">
<h2>Question</h2>
<p class="author">bla bla <strong>אחת</strong></p>
<dl class="">
<dt><label for="vote_1">option1</label></dt>
<dd style="width: auto;"><input type="radio" name="vote_id[]" id="vote_1" value="1" /></dd><dd class="resultbar"><div class="pollbar" style="width:77%">10</div></dd>
<dd>77%</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="">
<dt><label for="vote_2">Option 2</label></dt>
<dd style="width: auto;"><input type="radio" name="vote_id[]" id="vote_2" value="2" /></dd><dd class="resultbar"><div class="pollbar" style="width:23%">3</div></dd>
<dd>23%</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="">
<dt><label for="vote_3">Option 3</label></dt>
<dd style="width: auto;"><input type="radio" name="vote_id[]" id="vote_3" value="3" /></dd><dd class="resultbar"><div class="pollbar" style="width:0%">0</div></dd>
<dd>No votes</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt> </dt>
<dd class="resultbar">Total : 13</dd>
</dl>
<dl style="border-top: none;">
<dt> </dt>
<dd class="resultbar"><input type="submit" name="update" value="submit" class="button1" /></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div>
<input type="hidden" name="creation_time" value="1326810654" />
The problem is this: in phpbb, the elements have the same width as the “content” div, and so they are displayed line-by-line. However, in my code the elements have width 0 (what is the exact meaning of width 0? On-screen they have width larger than 0) and all the -s are displayed in the same line.
I looked around the css files, but as far as I can see there is no difference. What is the relevant property here? Setting ‘s “width” style option in the css file to 100% and “inherit” has no effect.
The code looks like a strange presentation of tabular data (something that should be presented using
<table>elements), and probably the intent is to use CSS for the purpose but somehow the relevant CSS code has gone missing.Without CSS, each
dtandddelement is rendered each on a line of its own, because this is the default rendering in HTML.The percentage widths are presumably meant to act as graphic representation of percentages, so that e.g. 73% corresponds to a 73% wide block. This cannot be seen, however, without some CSS that makes the blocks visible with e.g. border or background color. The idea fails e.g. for 0%, for obvious reasons.
Without more context, including CSS being applied, it’s difficult to say much more.