Thanks Philippe. So it appears to be a waste of time developing further while IE 5 on a Mac is still prevalent. I'm dropping back to divs and setting white-space to pre.
Cheers mike 2k:)2 <marquee><blink> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] site: http://www.webSemantics.co.uk </marquee></blink> -----Original Message----- From: Philippe Wittenbergh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 June 2005 03:29 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Fair usage of Pre and a Mac issue with it On 13 Jun 2005, at 7:46 pm, Mike Foskett wrote: > 3. Why doesn't Mac IE v5.2 display the content in the <pre>? It > appears to not be stretching the height. There is a bug in IE Mac: any element, **except div** with an overflow other than the default collapses in height. <http://www.l-c-n.com/IE5tests/overflow/#overflowblock> Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh <http://emps.l-c-n.com/> ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************