On Mar 24, 2007, at 3:06 AM, Karl Bedingfield wrote:

> So what do these 'hacks' actuall do@
>
> /* trigger hasLayout and target ie5+6/win only */
>
>
> * html #nav ul  {
> height: 1%;
> }
>
> /* trigger hasLayout and target ie7/win only */
>
> *:first-child+html #nav ul {
> min-height: 1px;
> }

'hasLayout' is a MSIE only concept that determines how elements are  
painted on the canvas.
  It is often needed to force elements to behave correctly in that  
browser.
Both the 'height' property (all MSIE) and the 'min-height' property  
(IE 7) are 'layout' triggers.

Read this a few times:
<http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html>

Philippe
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Philippe Wittenbergh
<http://emps.l-c-n.com>




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