Roger, You're probably correct that it is some sort of rounding issue. Weird that the background and the div wouldn't behave the same (IE), and weirder still that Firefox renders correctly for an even width div and incorrectly for an odd width div (regardless of background image). I guess with knowing the exact width of the browser and some more careful testing we could deduce exactly how each browser handles the odd number. It probably isn't worth the time though.
I won't show a link to the project I'm working on... a.) there are a million other things that need to be fixed on it right now, and b.) it's in a local access only development environment. I do believe that I'm going to try a different layout technique to get the results I want across all browsers. Or I'm going to alter the layout to one that doesn't need to be so pixel perfect (maybe best for my sanity). Right now I'm thinking of just adding another parent div the width of the background with position:relative and lining up the content position:absolute with a small left offset. It seems like an extraneous div, but it should work with minimal extra bandwidth. I added your test results to my chart - if you would like your name linked somewhere in the attribution, please e-mail me off-list with the destination. Thanks, Greg Haase onefreevoice.com Roger Roelofs wrote: >Greg, > > >firefox 1.501 matches ff 1.07 from your chart and Safari 1.3.2 matches >Opera 8.51 from your chart. > >I think the anomaly is a rounding inconsistency. If yo have a body >that is 873px wide and a background image that is 872px wide, that is >to be centered one side must have 1px where the background image isn't >covering. Which side is the 'right' side? Is it the same side for >background images as it it is for centered content? I don't recall >seeing this situation addressed in the spec, so you can expect some >variation among compliant user agents. > >Can we see the page that started this investigation? There may be a >workaround but it will depend on the specifics of the page in question. > Having pages 'look alike' across browserland is not very hard. Having >pages match pixel for pixel is an order of magnitude more difficult. >Usually you can obtain the look you want without the need for pixel >perfect placement. > >hth > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
