Hi Mark,
A 'div' is a division of a document originally and it there are no words or
pictures in it, it doesn't really exist. If you understand that, it makes
sense to (effectively) cut out blank pages. But now we are not really using
them as they were intended. That is why MS had the so-called 'broken box'
model - if a div is like a page, then the total width would include margins
and borders and padding, and if that had become the standard, then John Mudd
wouldn't be having the trouble he is. But of course it was Microsoft and
therefore automatically the wrong thing to do, even if it does make sense.
So we are stuck with the situation where setting the width of something to
100% gives you scrollbars or clipped content or overflow.
Still, if it were easier, it wouldn't pay so much - long live browser
quirks!

 :-)

Ian

http://examples.roughian.com

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