I had a similar problem with height not working when specified at 100%. Turned out being the dtd definition. If you specify a dtd, without the height attribute, it won't work. Try simply excluding the dtd definition in your doctype def:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> Not: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> HTH -Ryan On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:26:33 -0500, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so after all this time, there's still no standard that allows an > adequate means of specifying something as simple as height 100% ... > because according to the w3c, 100% of the height of an airplane > discludes its canopy and landing gear and 100% of its length discludes > its propeller and tail-fins... > > Before you say it -- yes, I've assigned margin: 0; padding: 0; height: > 100% on both the html and the body elements in the style sheet... > > And in this code there is no way to make the content of the 3rd table > row display without specifying a height for the row -- there is also > no way to tell the browser that the row should be 100% of the > _remaining_ height of the table after accounting for the space taken > by the other 3 rows (above and below). So my choices are 80% (so the > bottom of the table may or may not match the bottom of the window) or > a fixed height (so the bottom of the table definately doesn't match > the bottom of the dinwo most of the time). Any attempt to set the > height of the 3rd row to 100% results in the table exceeding the > height of the browser window. > > And why use tables at all you ask? Because there's no way to specify > the iframes float left and right and fill 100% of the width of the > window without one of them being shoved down underneath the other if > the browser window is shrunk horizontally. > > Oh well... frameset it is I guess... Doesn't make me any happier with > the box model. > > <div style="height:100%; padding-bottom: 100px;"> > <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; > height:100%;"> > <tr style="height:40px;"><td id="doc_title" colspan="2" > style="height:40px;">onTap Framework</td></tr> > <tr style="height:20px;"><td id="doc_ladder" colspan="2" > style="height:20px;">Home</td></tr> > <tr> > <td colspan="2" style="height:80%;"> > <div style="height:100%;"> > <table border="0" cellpadding="0" > cellspacing="0" > style="height:100%; width: 100%;"> > <tr> > <td style="padding: 2px;"> > <iframe > name="nav_frame_menu" frameborder="1" height="100%" > width="250"></iframe> > </td> > <td style="padding: 2px; > width:100%;"> > <iframe > name="nav_frame_content" frameborder="1" height="100%" > width="100%"></iframe> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > </div> > </td> > </tr> > <tr style="height:60px;"><td colspan="2" valign="top" > style="height:60px;"> > <form name="paypal_donation_form" > action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"; method="post" > style="margin: 0px;"> > <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" /> > <input type="hidden" name="business" value="[EMAIL > PROTECTED]" /> > <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="onTap > Framework" /> > <input type="hidden" name="item_number" > value="ontapframework" /> > <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1" /> > <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD" > /> > <input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0" /> > > <input name="submit" > type="image" border="0" style="border:0px; > background-color:transparent; float: left;" > alt="Make a donation." > src="http://mx/otp/test/_components/docs/_images/donations.gif"; /> > </form> > > <A target="_blank" > > href="http://affiliates.macromedia.com/b.asp?id=2549&p=go/dr_home_af > f1"> > <img align="right" border="0" style="float: right;" > > src="http://affiliates.macromedia.com/showb.asp?id=2549&img=mx2004_4 > 68x60_b.gif" /></a> > </td></tr> > </table></div> > > s. isaac dealey 954.927.5117 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=44477&DE=1 > http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=45569&DE=1 > http://www.fusiontap.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:188475 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
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