On 2/16/06, John Latter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://evomech2.blogspot.com/2006/02/re-evomech-re-peer-review-and-genetic.html > > Its a 2 column layout and I think the relevant css code is: > > div#mainClm{float:right;width:66%;padding:30px 7% 10px > 3%;border-left:dotted 1px #E0AD12;} > div#sideBar{margin:20px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;text-align:left;width:100%;} > > The first problem (which occurs on Firefox but not IE6) can be seen at > the bottom of the above page where the sidebar text overflows into main > content area. I have tried to fix it myself but with many other things > to do I'm really stumbling about in the dark. > > The second problem isn't readily apparent because I've tidied the main > column content up: > > Entries in the main column are auto-added from a yahoo group and contain > "tt" tags which are then carried over into the sidebar and change the > text font. A similar effect is caused by posters using a variety of > composing programs. Is there any code I can add to the end of the main > div to stop _anything_ being inherited by the sidebar div? > It isn't an overflow problem. The right element floats, the left element flows around the float. That's what the rules provide for. IE is wrong; making erroneous columns where none exist. Have a look at http://www.positioniseverything.net for examples and discussions of floats and IE's excentricities.
Second problem -- haven't looked closely. It sounds like you need to reexamine the function that converts the "tt" tags and be sure it only is applied to the division you want it applied to. drew ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
