woops... my bad... should have said give element layout OR use position: relative - thanks for pointing that out zoe
best adam On 4/21/06, Zoe M. Gillenwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bryce Fields wrote: > > On 4/21/06, Zoe M. Gillenwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Adam McGrath wrote: > >> > >>> the only other quick fix i could recomend is to try forcing the parent > >>> element #content, to "have layout", (eg position: relative;), that > >>> usually fixes a multitude of peekaboo weirdness's > >>> > >>> > >> position: relative does not give an element layout in IE6. position: > >> absolute does, but not relative. However, relative positioning is > >> another one of IE's magic bullets (unrelated to layout). It will often > >> fix problems that setting layout cannot. At other times, it will cause > >> bugs, so only use it when necessary. > >> > > > > Zoe, you read my mind. After reading the article on hasLayout that > > people kindly provided, I saw the part about position:relative not > > forcing an element to have layout and was curious as to 1) why it > > works anyway and 2) would it indeed to be better to go w/ a solution > > like the Holly Hack, the Underscore Hack, or something else that > > forces an element's hasLayout to be true in IE. I mean, the > > position:relative is working and there are currently no ill side > > effects, but why poke the IE bear w/ short stick. > > > > If it works, use it. If I had the choice between using position: > relative or hasLayout, I would go with relative, because it usually > doesn't need to be hidden from anything else, and has less implications > on the way the element behaves than layout does. But if either option > fixes your problem in this case, it's really up to you. > > Zoe > > -- > Zoe M. Gillenwater > Design Services Manager > UNC Highway Safety Research Center > http://www.hsrc.unc.edu > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
