>> It appears that IE6 can't calculate the height of the container div
>> based on the nested relatively positioned div and therefore doesn't
>> know % of *what* to make the absolutely positioned div.
>>
> You need to hack IE6. It does make sense of some percentages.
[...]
> * html .container {overflow:hidden;} /* hack for IE6, hides overflowing
> padding */
> * html .ap {padding-top:200%;top:auto;bottom:50%;} /* hack for IE6 to give
> some height */
>
>
> Hopefully the ap box isn't for a image, could get complicated. If so,
> padding-bottom:200% also works.
Interesting! Alas, yes, these are specifically for images. This
solution does some interesting things. I'll play with it a bit.
-DA
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