Haven't really waded through your css, so pardon me if it's an obvious one: have you set the parent to position:relative or absolute to force the float to use it as a point of reference?
And your question is confusing, as there is no such beast as float:absolute http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#float-position (but I didn't spot that in your code, so I'm assuming it's just your way of describing the problem...) As for using HELP REQUEST...90% of messages on this list are help requests...so I don't think it would be that useful, personally. Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Reston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 July 2004 14:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WSG] HELP REQUEST: netscape float:absolute problem > > > I'm experincing a problem that manifests only in Netscape > (regardless of platform). It looks like float:absolute is > relative to the viewport, rather than the containing parent div block. > > I've highlighted the offending blocks in blue: > http://www.capstrat.com/development/cs2004/template.html > > css and html are in the same doc. > > has anyone run up against this? any thoughts on a workaround? > > (note - i'm not touching the nav yet, so it's just a placeholder...) > > scott reston > > ps - what does everyone think about prepending the subject > help request messages with something like "HELP REQUEST" so > that folks that aren't inclined to help would be able to skip > without opening the email? just a thought... > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** > > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
