Holly wrote:

From: Derek de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

nternet Explorer is including the margin *inside the box width*, while W3C-spec browsers (rightly) are not.

No 'current' version of IE/Win that I know of includes margins *inside the box 
width* as you have stated. IE5.x/Win browsers, and IE6 in quirks mode use their 
broken box model and include borders and padding within a stated box width, but 
the margins still extend correctly.
The escape character is handy What you can do is add:
width: 51%;
margin: 2%;
w\idth: 49%;

And IE will not parse the "w\idth" attribute, while FF, Saf, Opera, etc will,

First, it's a width property, not attribute. The width attribute is used in HTML pages to specifiy widths for images, for example.
IE5.x/Win browsers do not understand the escape character, but IE6 does, 
whether in standard or quirks mode. The suggested filter is a useful one, when 
you need to give IE5.x/Win browsers a different value than other browsers for 
the property you are using, but it will not filter for IE6.

For the original poster, Georg's solution is a good one.
Cheers,

~holly
Yes, I knew I was wrong before I spoke, and should have just kept quiet, but my fingers lept ahead of my brain. "It is better to remain silent," as it were. I was already corrected, and I do apologize for the confusion, as as well as the inappropriate terminology; things I know better than to confuse. It was one of those no-sleep nights, and I should have thought better about posting in the first place.

Let the archives show, "there are no margins inside the IE/Win boxmodel," and all hacks are not, in fact, created equal. ;)

Thanks,
Derek
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