On Saturday 2004-03-27 11:51 +0100, Jens Tinz wrote: > The CSS specification (at > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visudet.html#propdef-height) says > this about height properties with a percentage: > > "Specifies a percentage height. The percentage is calculated > with respect to the height of the generated box's containing > block."
The next sentence is important: If the height of the containing block is not specified explicitly (i.e., it depends on content height), the value is interpreted like 'auto'. That's true in this case. -David -- L. David Baron <URL: http://dbaron.org/ > _______________________________________________ mozilla-layout mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-layout
