Thanks to all who pointed this out. I thought I'd read everything at PiE! -= Skip =-
Skip Knox Boise State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Pringle, Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/27/06 7:56 AM >>> Skip wrote: > This appears to be an exotic HTML issue, but I strongly > suspect it's related to CSS, so I'm posting the question here. > > This problem only appears in IE (tested in 6) and not in > Firefox. It was sent to me by a client who can't figure out > why the content area is popping out below the left menu. Oh, > that's an easy one, right? > > Here's a copy of the page: > http://tutoring.boisestate.edu/Workshops/Reading/skiptest.shtml > > The problem resides in line 96. It's just a plain paragraph > with an italicized phrase. Comment the paragraph out and the > page works fine. But it's even weirder. The *specific* > problem is in the phrase: > "Your Guide to College Success." > > I hereby consult the Collective Wisdom. Skip- It appears to be the not so exotic IE Italic bug [0]. IE does weird stuff with italic text and its overflowing the width of the container, causing the container to drop. Ron [0] http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/italicbug-ie.html ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
