Damian probably gave you your answer, but I'll also say that if you
review the original documentation from http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html
for the code you're using, you'll see that they recommend
conditional comments to trigger hasLayout. In your case, in the head
of your document you should add:
<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
#NameofContainingDiv:after {
zoom: 1; /* triggers hasLayout */
} /* Only IE can see inside the conditional comment
and read this CSS rule. Don't ever use a normal HTML
comment inside the CC or it will close prematurely. */
</style>
<![endif]-->
Either way, the end goal is the same.
On Jan 23, 2009, at 5:15 AM, Damian Edwards wrote:
Most likely a lack of hasLayout triggers or layout context changes,
or both.
For the coloured boxes, add overflow:hidden to the divs with classes
catalougeMid and subscribeMid. This will force them into a new
layout context and in turn expand the container to contain all
elements. If you want it to apply to IE6 and IE7 only, use a
selector hack:
* html .catalogueMid, * html .subscribeMid { overflow: hidden; } /*
IE6 Only */
*:first-child+html .catalogueMid, *:first-child+html .subscribeMid
{ overflow: hidden; } /* IE7 Only */
I’d have to fire up a VM to look at the IE6 issue and it’s late J
Regards,
Damian Edwards
Microsoft MVP | ASP/ASP.NET
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Henrik Madsen
Sent: Friday, 23 January 2009 19:37
Subject: [WSG] CSS IE6/7 - what a surprise
HI all,
I'm hoping there's a simple solution to my two problems.
All looks fine in Mac browsers x5 and IE8b2 (according to
netrenderer) but not in:
IE6 - Mysterious margins are appearing between the header and the
top menu and in both coloured boxes in the right hand column of the
main content.
IE6+7 - the coloured boxes are not 'expanding' to contain the
content (in this case a floated image in both)
I found this CSS as an alternative to a clearing div and it seems to
fix things in other browsers - except those IE's:
#NameofContainingDiv:after {
clear: both;
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0px;
visibility: hidden;
}
Would anyone be able to have a look?
Here's the link:
http://www.igenerator.com.au/dev/sm09/homepage.html
Any other thoughts, comments, suggestions - always appreciated.
TIA,
Henrik Madsen
Generator
[email protected]
www.igenerator.com.au
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