Philippe Wittenbergh wrote:
> 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>

I think that hasLayout is a thing that IE uses as a cheat for speedy 
page draws and/or redraws. If something doesn't have layout, IE doesn't 
re-render it - it just copies the current bitmap rendering.

Or this seems logical to me.

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