Austin, Darrel wrote: > > This seems to work just fine in IE6+ up. > > My question is: Am I missing something obvious? Is there something wrong > with the above example? Why are most of the 3-column layouts out there > so heavily relying on CSS hacks and nested wrappers? Is it a workaround > for alternative source ordering? Is it remnants of IE < 6 support? A If > so, that makes sense...which leads to the next question...are there any > preferred pre-made CSS layouts that are more IE6+ centric? > > -Darrel >
I don't think you are missing anything obvious. A simple base layout such as the one you provided will work fine cross-browser. So will a simple negative-margin base layout that puts the primary content first in the document source order. Things start getting a little more complicated when attempting an any column longest in the base layout, particularly if it is primary content is to be first in source /and/ with any column longest. Almost Invariably though, even with a very simple base such as your example, it is what you put inside the layout that requires "hacking" for IE/6 and to a somewhat lessor extent for IE/7. With care, the hacking required, can /sometimes be kept somewhat minimal-- but it depends on the content and how you code that content and the overall goals you wish to achieve. -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
