Re: [WSG] floats and ie7

[dwain]

thanks thierry for your response.  there was no width set on the nav div and
that was the culprit.  after my bout with the nn4 style sheet i guess i was
brain dead.  let me know when you will be in alabama and we'll roll out the
red carpet southern style when you get here.
dwain

On 3/26/08, Thierry Koblentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of dwain
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:49 PM
> > To: web standards group
> > Subject: [WSG] floats and ie7
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> > i thought i had fixed this problem.  i guess i didn't.
> >
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> > http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/
> >
> > in ff, opera, safari 3.1 and seamonkey the page looks the way i
> intended.  i have an address and menu on the left and two pictures floated
> > right.  in the source code the pix follow the address so on the page
> they are even with the bottom of the address line on the right side of the
> > page.  the pix are in their own shrink-wrapped div.  in ie7 the pix
> split the address and menu.  i've looked at the css until it all runs
> > together.  what am i missing?  and ms said that ie7 was more standards
> compliant, fooey!
>
>
> Hi Dwain,
>
> The easy fix:
> #nav {zoom:1;}
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> But that won't validate (and I know you want the styles sheet to
> validate), so you may want to hide it inside a Conditional Comment or try
> any other property that will trigger hasLayout in IE.
>
> For example float will work too:
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> #nav {float:left;display:inline;}
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> display:inline is to prevent IE to double the left margin
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> --
> Regards,
> Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com
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dwain alford
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for his inner impulse must find suitable expression."  Kandinsky


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