Susie Gardner-Brown wrote:
It does have a background! [...]
No, it doesn't.
You have styled the span alright, but that doesn't affect the
LINK-element, the a, so IE/win isn't "getting it".
This will get IE's attention...
div#content li a:hover {background: #edb;}
Remember, you're dealing with a weak and buggy browser, so just add the
style for a:hover and get it working in IE. *Then* you can start
fine-tuning the background-color to make it look good in that bugger.
(based on the Meyer one but with a few additions/changes. For
example, his used absolute positioning, but I wanted to use
relative.)
You have made a few more changes than 'positioning'. Eric's example
*does* create a change on the link-element on hover (intentionally or
not), so it is working in IE.
Any changes in background or border on the <a> will make IE "repaint"
the link-element and open for the span inside it to be displayed.
No such changes, like your stylesheet says now, means the span will
never be displayed in IE6 - regardless of how many styles/changes you
add to the span.
regards
Georg
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