Re: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me
note to all: IF IN DOUBT, add position:relative; -- it fixes many,
many IE bugs :)
Would it be excessive or treacherous to declare for Win IE:
* html * { position:relative; }
?
Is the default of position:static; important?
Off the top of my head, I think this would only negatively affect later
opting to position:absolute;, since it would be absolute in relation
to the immediate parentNode.
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Re: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me
note to all: IF IN DOUBT, add position:relative; -- it fixes many,
many IE bugs :)
Would it be excessive or treacherous to declare for Win IE:
* html * { position:relative; }
Yes, I think so. One instance I can think of is that links within a
scrolling div will not scroll (in IE) if they are assigned
position:relative; This is a major problem as the links sit still
while the rest of the content scrolls underneath them.
There are times when position:relative; is the best IE fix, but there
are other times when it does nothing. In those instances, try
height:1%; (the Holly Hack), as this has the same affect as
position:relative (it sets 'hasLayout' to 'true'), but seems to be a
bit more potent.
Andrew,
http://leftjustified.net/
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Re: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me
note to all: IF IN DOUBT, add position:relative; -- it fixes many, many IE bugs :) POSITION:RELATIVE ... EUREKA! I feel like such an eejit - I should have known! I have already taken to adding position:relative to all my main divs, don't know why I didn't think of it as a first step towards debugging lower level elements. Argh! Thanks for the tip, Andrew. You saved my bacon! Mani Sheriar Sheriar Designs | www.ManiSheriar.com 925|914.0741 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
[WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me
Hi All, I am having SUCH a bizarre experience with IE. I thought I'd seen it all with that browser, but it still manages to fry my brain anew ... I have developed a site using valid XHTML and CSS, which can be seen here: http://www.manisheriar.com/queenbee/ Everything is working smoothly in FireFox and, with just a bit of tweaking, in IE too - EXCEPT ... The H1 for the first article (at the top left) does not display in IE. It does not show up at all, even though the code is exactly the same as it is for the following two articles. What shows up is just blank white space. As if that weren't enough, EVEN STRANGER ... The icon (small arrow) for the H2 (showing the author's name) shows up when the page first loads, but not after one has scrolled down and then back up. After that it disappears. Huh?!?!?! Once again, the code in this first article div is exactly the same as the following ones. I am baffled and simply at a loss. The code is pretty simple and straightforward and I cannot see anything that could be causing these oddities. What is going on here? Can anyone help me before I need to be put in a padded room? THANKS! Mani Sheriar Sheriar Designs | www.ManiSheriar.com 925|914.0741 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:31:48 -0600, Mani Sheriar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The H1 for the first article (at the top left) does not display in IE. It does not show up at all, even though the code is exactly the same as it is for the following two articles. What shows up is just blank white space. Under your #mainCol h1 rule, add position:relative; and change the background property to this: background: #d4bf34 url(../img/article.gif) no-repeat left center; Tested -- known to work :) The icon (small arrow) for the H2 (showing the author's name) shows up when the page first loads, but not after one has scrolled down and then back up. After that it disappears. Another case of hasLayout = false -- add height:1%; OR position:relative; both will fix the problem. What is going on here? Can anyone help me before I need to be put in a padded room? These bugs are both caused by IE's hasLayout property. hasLayout owes me 200 hours and a large piece of my sanity. Welcome to the club ;) note to all: IF IN DOUBT, add position:relative; -- it fixes many, many IE bugs :) Andrew. http://leftjustified.net/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me
On Feb 10, 2005, at 9:31 PM, Mani Sheriar wrote: The H1 for the first article (at the top left) does not display in IE. It does not show up at all, even though the code is exactly the same as it is for the following two articles. What shows up is just blank white space. The icon (small arrow) for the H2 (showing the author's name) shows up when the page first loads, but not after one has scrolled down and then back up. After that it disappears. Huh?!?!?! Once again, the code in this first article div is exactly the same as the following ones. What is going on here? Can anyone help me before I need to be put in a padded room? At least stay half way out of the padded room. :) All works well in Mac IE. BTW, I'm liking the renditions you have made to the aesthetics of the site since I saw it last. No Windows here to help with the rest. Sorry. Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me
-Original Message- From: Mani Sheriar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 11 February 2005 3:32 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me Hi All, I am having SUCH a bizarre experience with IE. I thought I'd seen it all with that browser, but it still manages to fry my brain anew ... I have developed a site using valid XHTML and CSS, which can be seen here: http://www.manisheriar.com/queenbee/ Everything is working smoothly in FireFox and, with just a bit of tweaking, in IE too - EXCEPT ... The H1 for the first article (at the top left) does not display in IE. It does not show up at all, even though the code is exactly the same as it is for the following two articles. What shows up is just blank white space. As if that weren't enough, EVEN STRANGER ... The icon (small arrow) for the H2 (showing the author's name) shows up when the page first loads, but not after one has scrolled down and then back up. After that it disappears. Huh?!?!?! Once again, the code in this first article div is exactly the same as the following ones. This sounds a bit like the peekaboo bug to me? Try this: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
