Lyn Williams wrote: > I have a problem with floats when using IE 6 and older.
> http://www.ragonline.co.uk/news/story/8 Under certain conditions IE6 has problems with selectors like this... #maincontent.mainlayout { width: 679px; } ...but will work fine if given the following, simplified, version... .mainlayout { width: 679px; } For older IE/win versions you'll also have to work around the "standard" vs. "quirks" box-model difference... <http://www.w3.org/International/articles/serving-xhtml/Overview.en.php#quirks> You can either... 1: feed the old versions different width for all containers that have both width and side-paddings, since paddings are not added to width in the IE/win quirks mode box-model. 2: delete side-paddings on elements that has a width, and give all browsers a new width. This usually means replacing side-paddings with side-margins where horizontal spacing is needed, and generally avoid situations where box-model differences create problems. Note: it is always easier to debug layouts when the source-code is up to the declared standard. Most of the 57 errors are non-essential and script induced, but at least one ID - #content - is lost in there... <http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.ragonline.co.uk/news/story/8> ...in case you want to use it. This is more like it for that doctype... <http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/alien/lw/test_07_082002.htm> ...and validity does help at this stage... <http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/alien/lw/test_07_082002.htm> regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
