Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-09 Thread Jixor - Stephen I
I have been using the background on html for some time on various sites because of this problem. I don't know if standards allows it but it works in all browsers. Kane Tapping wrote: Hi , I found my IE7 will show the bug on its first load, but any refresh afterwards will load with the

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-09 Thread Christian Montoya
Thanks for the help everyone. I tried adding the background to HTML but that did not fix the problem. What did work was that I added: html, body { height:100%; } to the stylesheet. The whole thing is a bit weird though since I have never seen this happen on another site, but it definitely

[WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Christian Montoya
Hello list, On my site, http://christianmontoya.net/ the body does not extend past the content in IE 7 on initial page load, so the background doesn't reach the bottom of the screen. I know there's a simple fix for this, but I can't remember it... can someone help me out? Thanks in advance. --

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Thierry Koblentz
On my site, http://christianmontoya.net/ the body does not extend past the content in IE 7 on initial page load, so the background doesn't reach the bottom of the screen. I know there's a simple fix for this, but I can't remember it... can someone help me out? Thanks in advance. Hi Christian, I

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Jixor - Stephen I
Apply the background to the html element. Not sure if this fits in with standards but it works. Christian Montoya wrote: Hello list, On my site, http://christianmontoya.net/ the body does not extend past the content in IE 7 on initial page load, so the background doesn't reach the bottom of

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Karl Lurman
On 5/9/07, Thierry Koblentz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my site, http://christianmontoya.net/ the body does not extend past the content in IE 7 on initial page load, so the background doesn't reach the bottom of the screen. I know there's a simple fix for this, but I can't remember it... can

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Thierry Koblentz wrote: I don't see this behavior in ie7 WinXP Pro But I think you should be able to fix what you describe by giving layout to some element in there. Did you try: body {zoom:1} Be very careful about overusing hasLayout. It's not something that should just be gratuitously

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Karl Lurman
The concept of 'Has Layout' is not a hack, its part of IE's rendering model... It happens to be something that is outside of the CSS standard - that doesn't make it a hack. Microsoft developers decided that elements should be able to acquire a property (in an object-oriented programming sense)

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Kane Tapping
Hi , I found my IE7 will show the bug on its first load, but any refresh afterwards will load with the body/colour covering the entire window. (covering the window with another window will also remove the whitespace.) A quick check with the IE7 developer toolbar shows the body stretching only

Re: [WSG] IE 7 body length problem

2007-05-08 Thread Thierry Koblentz
From: Lachlan Hunt Thierry Koblentz wrote: I don't see this behavior in ie7 WinXP Pro But I think you should be able to fix what you describe by giving layout to some element in there. Did you try: body {zoom:1} Be very careful about overusing hasLayout. It's not something that should