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Subject:Re: Best way to indent in HTML From:"Huber, Mike" <mrhuber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:38:06 -0500
Steven Feldberg:
> One more thought to add to all the fine suggestions so far..
> You can create transparent GIF files--no image, just a transparent
> background--of varying widths (and a height of say 8-12
> pixels). Place them inline to create the offset you want:
>
> <p><img src="./space24.GIF" height="10" width="24">Text here
> is indented 24 pixels.<br>
Or use a single pixel GIF - just a 1X1 picture that consists entirely of a transparent background - and use the "width" parameter to stretch it to the needed size. This saves load time because you can re-use the file. Thus:
<p><img src="./space.GIF" height="10" width="24">Text here is indented 24 pixels.<br>
and
<img src="./space.GIF" height="10" width="48">Text here is indented 48 pixels, but faster because space.GIF is already in the cache<br>
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