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marsha grasett
marsha grasett
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Posted by marsha grasett
marsha grasett
9,995 Points

REPLACING THE -9999PX HACK - by Zeldman

I did not know the browser actually draws a giant 9999px box offscreen.

Here is the suggested replacement code.

.hide-text {
text-indent: 100%;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
}

http://www.zeldman.com/2012/03/01/replacing-the-9999px-hack-new-image-replacement/ The Comments are worth reading, too.

Any thoughts from our leaders?

5 Answers

Randy Hoyt
STAFF
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Randy Hoyt
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher

After that post from Zeldman, Paul Irish and some other community leaders did a lot of testing of other techniques. They decided on this technique, which is what I would recommend using now:

.ir {
    font: 0/0 serif;
    text-shadow: none;
    color: transparent;
}
Rick Yentzer
Rick Yentzer
5,885 Points
Rick Yentzer
Rick Yentzer
5,885 Points

I haven't heard of this one. Thanks for posting the link.

Mark Flavin
Mark Flavin
10,199 Points
Mark Flavin
Mark Flavin
10,199 Points

Excellent technique thanks for sharing.

samiff
samiff
31,206 Points
samiff
samiff
31,206 Points

Thanks for that information Randy, was able to find the discussion over at github.

Duncan Michael-MacGregor
Duncan Michael-MacGregor
15,204 Points
Duncan Michael-MacGregor
Duncan Michael-MacGregor
15,204 Points

Great solution! :)