Re: FN-FORUM: Sitecheck - Updating my website - using CSS

date posted 13th March 2008 17:27


On 13 Mar 2008, at 18:10, Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:

>
> Tony wrote:
>> I know it passes the Acid2 test, but something's not right with
>> it, because hacks to get IE6 working like:
>> ..
>> html>body div.headline{height: auto;}
>>
>> don't work in IE8
>>
>> I can only assume that it's not seeing the html>body declaration
>> like a good browser should...
>
>
> Hi Tony - it could be that it IS matching the rule, but "height:
> auto" isn't
> having the effect you expect. I'm guessing if you sling something
> obvious in
> there like "background: yellow", you'll find the rule is taking
> effect. I
> haven't downloaded IE8 yet, so haven't tested.


you're right, it's not the html>body hack, that *is* being seen
properly by IE88
it's to do with divs not stretching to contain floated elements
properly.

something very wrong there...

the layout works fine in al browsers, including IE7 with no changes
need for IE7 (which was good) but breaks because containing divs with
background images aren't containing the nested divs within them...

something not right there.

need a cut down testbed to see what's what, but if you have IE8 beta
and want to compare go to hyperhappen.com

(I'll wait for a nearly released version I think...)