Jason, A simple way to do this is to float both the content and the menu bar and have the footer clear both:
#menu { float:left; } #content { float:right; } #footer { clear:both; } This works in IE and all CSS2 compliant browsers. It also means it's very easy to swap content and menu around if you want to. Bruno Girin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason W. Sent: 26 August 2005 02:25 To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: [css-d] Problem with floats and IE6 Hi list, (This is my first post to css-d, but I've been a lurker for a while and I've picked up some good things from the list. I'm semi-competant in CSS2, but I don't know all the various quirks, hence my question..) I'm designing a two-column layout with a header and footer for a site that has a fixed-width menubar on the left and a variable width content column on the right that takes up the remaining space in the window. I want the content to come first in the code so that screen readers won't have to skp through the menubar. The only way I found to do that was to float the content to the right and leave the menu non-floated. This works great on Firefox, but not on IE6/Win. On IE, the menubar doesn't "snap" up beside the content - it's as if the content isn't floated. It does validate as XHTML Transitional and barring the opacity stuff in the css, that validates as well. I have the site live on my testing server. HTML is at http://www.jasonwellband.com:8082/index-testing.shtml. CSS is at http://www.jasonwellband.com:8082/main.css and http://www.jasonwellband.com:8082/ssi/menu.css. As of right now, I'm using http://www.jasonwellband.com:8082/index.shtml and http://www.jasonwellband.com:8082/aboutus/future.shtml as testing pages to make sure the footer is positioned correctly. This has got me really stumped so any pointers or answers would be great. -- TIA Jason ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail and attachments has been scanned for viruses. Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have detected a virus in this mail. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/