Dashed Line Position -- Really Easy Question

[Rothman]

Bear with me, my HTML coding skills development came to a screeching halt in
1998:

So, I inserted dashed lines using FrontPage into a web page. Going through
the code, I figure FrontPage uses <v:line> to insert the line. What is the
attribute or value that changes the vertical position of the line (up the
page or down the page)? I'd like to be able to move the line up or down
manually.

Thank you!

 

[Steve Easton]

Are you talking about the dashed line that indicates a page break for printing purposes?

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[Rothman]

No, I'm talking about a horizontal line. Used the drawing toolbar to put it
in. When I look at the code, seems to be put there with some sort of
<v:line> command. The line doesn't appear where I want it to and I want to
"lower" its position on my page.

 

[Ronx]

That dashed line is VML graphics, which will only render correctly in
Internet Explorer. It is also absolutely positioned, so if a user
changes the browser size or text size, thus altering the layout of the
page (there is nothing you can do to stop this) the line will appear to
move - probably obscuring some existing text or overlaying another
image.

For a horizontal line use either an image (.gif or .jpg) or the <hr>
tag. The <hr> tag is easily obtained in Design or Normal view using
Insert->Line - though this will not be dashed, it can be styled into a
suitable colour.

See http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/vml-graphics.htm for reasons
why VML should be avoided on websites.

 

[Steve Easton]

Switch to code view and cut and paste to the proper location?
However, if you're using the drawing toolbar that means you're adding
VML to the page, which is IE only.


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Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[Rothman]

Well, good-bye to the dashed lines, then. Thanks a bunch for the help.