On 2/8/08, Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:43:00 -0500
> Michael B Allen wrote:
>
> > The font size in textarea elements on Firefox (on Linux at least) is
> > about 70% the size of other input and select elements in the same form
> > whereas in IE the font size is roughly the same across all form
> > elements. I suspect this has more to do with the fact that textarea
> > uses a courier font-family and FF preferences specifically use a
> > smaller font for Courier but of course I have no control over that.
> >
> > So how does one get the same textarea font size behavior between FF
> > and IE?
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
> Do a minimal page as an example, you may find one of several things:
>
>  * Your above conclusion is right.
>
>  * You have set textarea and div fonts at 70% so your textarea is 70% of
> the div which is already 70% of the body.
>
>  * Something else is breaking it. Firebug is your friend.
>
> OR
>
> Post a link tothe example you have.

Here's a sample:

  http://www.ioplex.com/~miallen/test.html

I think I see the problem. In FF it seems the following CSS only
affects textarea and NOT input text fields:

input, select, textarea {
    font-size: 70%;
}

IE consistenly changes the font-size for all form fields input and textarea.

?

Mike
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