----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Leibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan Gresley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:21:08 PM Subject: collapsing vertical margins
Michael Leibson wrote: >> . . . IE6 suddenly ignores paragraph margin-right when that paragraph is >> absolutely positioned (it respects all other margins, >> however). What is THAT all about?? >Alan Gresley responded: > . . . Since you have a width set for your container, it has hasLayout (for IE > only), >which causes the adjoining margins not to collapse. . . >. . . Remember hasLayout only effects IE and when an elements gains hasLayout >all types of undesired >effects are seen, please see >http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html> >Reread this several times over a few weeks and all will eventually sink in. Hi again, Alan (and anyone else interested in this topic); I've been trying to understand the satzansatz article, as well as other articles to which it refers. One of these is the article by Markus Mielke, of MS, " "HasLayout" Overview", at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/IETechCol/cols/dnexpie/expie20050831.asp. Among other things, that article seems to say that once a CSS property triggers IE's hasLayout, the affected block element is given a new 'block formatting context', which I take to mean that -- in terms of some parameters, like dimensions -- it no longer refers to those of its parent, but to those of some previous ancestor (eg, body, rather than containing div). If so, this might be the explanation why the margins of my absolutely positioned "p" didn't operate in relation to its containing div, but instead extended past that parent. Am I on the right track?? If I am, then it would seem to me that the most direct workaround/hack would be to somehow hide the p's {position: absolute;} and the WIDTH, and every other CSS-provoked hasLayout trigger from IE, but not from all other browsers -- yet still somehow convey those directives to IE in a 'less offensive' manner. Am I still headed in the right direction? If so, could you (or anyone else interested in this topic) direct me to a site that not only gives such a hack, but also explains it? Thanks, in advance, for any insights you'd care to share! - Michael Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/
