css man wrote:
> I have a #container div:
>
> #container {
> border: .4em solid #cc6;
> background-color: #fff;
> height: 42.1em; <--must be set specific value, otherwise
> collapes-->
> font-size: .95em;
> margin: 0 auto;
> padding: 0;
> position: relative;
> text-align: left;
> width: 775px;
> voice-family: "\"}\"";
> voice-family: inherit;
> width: 775px;
> }
>
> Unless I set the height to a specific value, height collapses; works fine in
> IE6.
>
> Can someome explain what I'm doing wrong here?
>
Not without seeing your page, or at least the code of what is in the
container. I'm guessing the container div either contains absolutely
positioned divs or floats. If it's floats, you'll need to apply a float
containment method to the container div:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ClearingSpace
If this isn't the problem, we'll really need to see the page.
Zoe
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Zoe M. Gillenwater
Design Services Manager
UNC Highway Safety Research Center
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu
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