On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:17:05 -0700, Mark Wheeler wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying my first liquid layout and have run into a couple of snags. > Forgive me if > I'm totally going about this the wrong way, but I had to start somewhere. > First, here > are the links: > > http://dev.tonedeafdesign.com/ob/test.html > http://dev.tonedeafdesign.com/ob/css/global.css > > The problem is that there is a space above and below my #main_content div > when I place > a <p> or an <h1,2,3> tag in the first or last part of the content. This is > happening > in IE6, IE7, FF and Safari. The weird thing is when place a visible border > around > #main_content, that all goes away and things act as I expected. So what am I > missing > here? Below is the css for the #main_content div. Uncomment the border to see > what I > mean. >
I think you are referring to "escaping margins." Google "css escaping margins" for an explanation. Basically, the top and bottom margins of your Hn or P elements "escape" through the top and bottom of your DIV. Adding a border or padding to the top and bottom of your DIV will "block" them. Cordially, David -- ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/
