Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Madness

date posted 20th February 2008 10:45

Thanks for that Tony, will have a proper look this afternoon.

Much obliged.

Dean

> From: Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Date: 20 Feb 2008 11:54:07 -0000
> To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Madness
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> On 20 Feb 2008, at 11:30, dean wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Is there anyway to fix the bugs you've mentioned? I know you've got
>> lots of
>> resource links for these things, so if you have one handy, that
>> would be
>> much appreciated.
>
> I took a look in IE6 and I can't even see the skyscraper....
>
> ;)
>
> however you probably have a width problem - try adding display:inline
> to any floated div that has a defined width.
>
> I see div centre has that too...
>
> IE has an issue with width defined floated divs, sometimes doubling
> margins, sometimes adding 3px to the width of the div.
>
> if all your div widths are tight, then there won't be room for floats
> to sit alongside each other...
>
> my usual curing float drops link is broken, but you might find
> something here:
>
> (new sitepoint CSS reference)
>
> http://reference.sitepoint.com/css
>
>
> or here:
> http://crowstoburnaby.com/index.php/2005/02/07/fixing_the_pc_ie_float_drop_bug
>
> but before you try hacking, try display:inline and check widths of
> everything - make them all a bit narrower to test, add borders to
> visualise...
>
> hth
>
>
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