Gunlaug - you're the greatest, man! This worked out beautifully.
Just sending out a massive THANK YOU to you and everyone else who
helped me along the way. You're a life saver!
On 4/10/07, Gunlaug Sørtun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To keep this thread updated with the results of some off-list
> correspondence...
>
> Craig Givens wrote:
>
> > display:table is the only method that works. Using anything else for
> > #contents will cause the #rightColumn to appear underneath the
> > #contents div or render otherwise incorrectly
>
> Not so.
>
> It's the mix of absolute positioned and floating elements inside
> #contents that is causing most problems now.
> No absolute positioning should be used there, and the "floats will
> contain floats" behavior will solve the rest.
>
> Replace the styles you have - *all of them* - for the two elements in
> question, with the following...
>
> #contents {
> background:#fff;
> float: left;
> width: 100%;
> }
>
> #leftColumn-home {
> margin-left: 5px;
> float:left;
> display: inline /* fix IE6 bug */
> }
>
> ...and the containment and alignment problems will be solved across
> browser-land.
>
> regards
> Georg
> --
> http://www.gunlaug.no
>
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