..oO(NickTheNameless)

>ok i have a div with css styling using the class attribute works fine. it
>references a class within a separate css stylesheet linked to the file, and all
>is well.
>
> now i want to change some of that information with ajax, so i need to take the
>code from the stylesheet and put in in the page itself. so i copy the code, and
>use the style attribute instead of class. makes sense to me, however i'm
>obviously the only one that makes sense to... it's all jacked up, not even
>close.
>
> how do i fix this? why is it different using the exact some code?

It shouldn't.

> here's my code using the class attribute...
>
> css -
> .leftEdge {background:#000000 url(whatever.gif) repeat-y left top}
>
> html-
> <div class="leftEdge">
>
> ...that works fine, why doesn't this....
>
> no css stylesheet
>
> html-
> <div style="background:#000000 url(whatever.gif) repeat-y left top">
>
> i even tried to label everything, using background-repeat and
>background-position... still a no go. please

Can you post a URL to a test case? In which browser does this happen?

Micha