On 29 Nov 2005, at 10:18 am, Eric A. Meyer wrote:
> http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/tests/float-contain.html
>
> What I'm trying to do here is simulate 'min-width' for the #contain
> div by setting an explicit width of 675px on #topper. And, indeed,
> #contain stops shrinking when it's just wide enough to contain
> #topper. The problem is the floated "columns", #main and #sidebar,
> which have percentage widths and keep shrinking with the browser
> window.
> So the problem is that while I've managed to stop #contain from
> shrinking past a certain point, the "columns" aren't treating it as
> their containing block for the purposes of width calculation, which
> completely defeats the purpose. Anyone have a way to make the
> columns use #contain as their containing block in IE/Win? I Googled
> about and came up empty.
It is the ever expanding trick in IE. The width is not really expanded
to fit the fixed-width block, only the look of the box.
Expressions...
This should work
* html #container
{width:expression((document.documentElement.clientWidth < 675) ?
'675px' : auto');}
(IE 6, standard compliant mode).
Philippe
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