Positioning an image which is a link

Question

Using Oracle 11.2, Apex 4.1.0.00.32, Windows 7 Enterprise, IE 8, Theme 17 Sapphire with unmodifed Reports Region and Standard Reports templates.
I have a report region of type SQL Query.  (I hope that's the correct way to identify it.)  I have controlled display width and padding for various items in the report using an HTML Expression like: [span style="padding: 8px 0px 0px 0px; width: 60px; display: block; white-space: normal;"]#RUN_DT#[/span] for the RUN_DT item/column.
Note: I've substituted [ ] for the &lt &gt brackets in the above.  This approach has worked well for all but the first column of the report which is the pencil-paper image for Edit.
Question:  What do I put in the Link Text or Link Attributes to position the "EDIT" image as I have positioned the other data items?  In Link Text, I have: '[img src="# IMAGE_PREFIX #e2.gif" padding="50px" border="0" ]'.  The link works but the image is not positioned on the line so as to align with the other items.  Of course, I have tried many variants there and in Link Attributes.  The only thing I am able to effect is image width.  I found no combination of "padding," "cellpadding," or "padding-top" which had an effect on position.  There is so little documentation on the Link Text field (that I am able to access), that it's hard to know what attributes can go there or how to format them.
Has anyone had success changing the position (up/down, left/right) of the edit image on the data line?
Thanks,
Howard

Answer 1

Howard(...inTraining) wrote:
For all who have an interest, I have an example here:
WS: APEX_EXAMPLES_01
demo / demo
Application 991201 , Page 1
I am able to adjust the padding-top of regular items but have to use some other technique with items which are LINKS.  I tried putting "padding", "padding-top", etc. into the Link Text but with no effect.  This the wrong approach or the attibute is being overridden, I suppose.
(bump - This is probably easy but how to "know" which particular technique will work escapes me.)
Several issues there.
On the APEX side of things, inline link styling and other attributes to be applied to column links are entered using the Link Attributes property in the Column Link section of the column attributes, not any of the other attribute/class/style properties on that page.
In the CSS, center is not a valid value for vertical-align. The inconsistent value middle is used instead. However, both a and img are inline elements, so vertical-align: middle won't do what you want anyway. To achieve vertical centering of the link within the report row, this has to be applied to the report table cell using a style sheet in the page Inline CSS property:
#bps-runtm .report-standard td[headers="ROWID"] {
  vertical-align: middle;