It had its time on the web but it s probably not the smartest way to go these days.
Sliding door css technique.
If you haven t read part i yet you should read it now.
Sliding doors is a pretty old technique.
Css sliding door using only 1 image may 27th 2008 in css tutorials by kailoon before i know about this technique i was using different images for each of the button i needed in a navigation bar.
Sliding doors of css part i introduced a new technique for creating visually stunning interface elements with simple text based semantic markup.
In sliding doors of css part i douglas bowman introduced a new technique for creating visually stunning interface elements with simple text based semantic markup.
The sliding door technique basically uses two images stacked up next to each other.
One image is long over which the text is laid and the other image closes the other side.
The sliding doors technique.
One for the left one for the right.
Think of these two images as sliding doors that complete one doorway.
We use the background image property because it hides the overflow and only shows the width specified and the other image slides over it to define the other end.
Beautifully crafted truly flexible interface components which expand and contract with the size of the text can be created if we use two separate background images.