On 8/8/05, Denise Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope this has not been covered over an over, but I want to know about the > width discrepancy I am encountering in different versions of IE. Why is 600px > wide more narrow in 5.0 than it is in 6.0?
It has indeed been covered, but a refresher doesn't hurt. IE 5.0, 5.5 and 6 in quirks mode incorrectly apply padding and borders *inside* the declared width of a box. IE6 in compliance mode, as well as other modern browsers, follow the correct box model by applying padding and borders *outside* the declared width. In other words, "width: 500px; padding: 10px;" will give you a box that is 520px wide (10 + 500 + 10). IE5.x will render the same CSS as a box 500px wide with 10px padding inside. There are various hacks and workarounds to cope with it. See http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModelHack -- Craig, www.focalcurve.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
