To the gang: Ok, I'll bow to the opinion that I can't ask a real question on this list unless I submit a demo showing the problem.
The URL is: http://www.webbytedd.com/a/index The technique is simply to provide a drop-down scrollable link list. You can activate it by moving your cursor over the "Index". Please follow carefully. 1. In the non-IE css (a.css), you'll find a rule entitled: .index ul li a, .index ul li a:visited /* [1] main index at rest */ { background-color: #FFFFFF; /* A */ background: transparent; /* B */ background-color: white; /* C */ ... } 2. In the IE css (a_ie.css), you'll find a rule entitled: .index ul li a:hover /* [2] main index on hover */ { background-color: #FFFFFF; /* A */ background: transparent; /* B */ background-color: white; /* C */ ... } If you will note, the technique provided in the demo works on all modern browsers except IE 6. HOWEVER, if I mix any of the above background-color attributes, then IE 6 WILL work. For example, if I use: .index ul li a, .index ul li a:visited /* [1] main index at rest */ { background: transparent; /* B */ ... } with .index ul li a:hover /* [2] main index on hover */ { background-color: white; /* C */ ... } Then IE 6 will work. As shown here: http://www.webbytedd.com/a/index1 But PLEASE NOTE if ANY of the background-color attributes are exactly the same in both rules, then IE 6 will not work. For example, if transparent is used with transparent, or white used with white, or #FFFFFF used with #FFFFFF, then IE 6 will not work. Now, in my original question, I simply asked if anyone had experienced a problem where using background-color: white did not work but using background-color: #FFFFF did, -- now you see the rest of the story and maybe understand my reluctance to get deeper into this. As anyone can see, I wasn't just making this problem up to waste time -- it's real, it's not a mistake, and this demo shows it. So, if the really smart people on this list want to put their collectives heads together and tell me why this happens, then I would appreciate it. Thank you, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
