> OK, here's the case:
> (and it is really very weird!)
>
> page: http://www.rec.bg/en/test.shtml
> css: http://www.rec.bg/css/test.css
>
> Page is valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
>
> The problem: in IE after the last news item appears the following:
>
> 5]
>
> Which is (as I have just discovered) the repetion of the LAST
> TWO CHARACTERS in
> the LAST LINE in the LAST NEWS DIV.
>
> So, "5]" is basically the end of "[Published in section
> grants on 01/10/2005]".
>
> WHY WOULD IE 6 COPY THE LAST TWO CHARACTERS in the last DIV
> on a new line??? I
> mean, it's html code, why would the browser REPEAT IT TWICE?
<SNIP>
> PS Just *before* hitting "SEND" button, tested ONE more thing
> I could think
> about. Before the END of the MAIN DIV (which inclued all of
> the floated to the
> left news items) I added the following:
> <div class="clear"><!--clear--></div>
>
> The class "clear" has in the CSS only this applied to it:
> .clear {clear: both; height: 1px;}
>
> IMMEDIATELY the bug has resolved itself in IE 6.0 as if by miracle!
> Updated page can be seen here:
> http://www.rec.bg/en/test-fixedbug.shtml
Michel-
This is the duplicate characters bug [0], a known problem with IE, most
likely triggered by the comment <!--clear-->. Removing the comment, as
you did when you removed the class, resolved the bug.
Regards,
Ron
[0] http://positioniseverything.net/explorer/dup-characters.html
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