When not using a doctype, IE uses a different method to calculate sizes of the boxes.
Standards: declared width = content element IE quirks declared width = content element + padding + border + margin -Kevin On 4/28/05, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure what you mean by Standards or Quirks mode. I'm not using any > DOCTYPE (which I know is bad) - what do you recommend? > > On 4/28/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you in "Standards" or "Quirks" mode? What DOCTYPE are you using? > > > > M!ke > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:08 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: freaky CSS Issue with IE + Tables > > > > So, I've got a site wrapper that handles my layout. The header and > > footer start/stop a div called pageBody. pageBody looks like so: > > > > ...pageBody, .pageBody td { > > margin: 20px; > > font-family: Verdana; > > font-size: 10px; > > color: #666666; > > } > > > > The main point was to set text and to ensure I had a margin around my > > block. In firefox, this works fine. In IE, it works normally, but if I > > have a table with width="100%", then the right side goes past the > > margin, all the way to the edge. Anyway know why? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155815 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
