> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:27:42 +0000, Tim Dawson wrote: >> I have a CSS drop-down navigation system that works fine in FF, IE 6&7 and >> (I believe) >> in Safari. Recently I discovered that in the AOL rendering of IE7 the >> drop-downs >> displayed with a small gap (perhaps 2 or three pixels) between them and the >> permanent >> menu items above. I couldn't move the mouse across the gap without the >> drop-downs >> vanishing (unless I moved very fast). >> >> I could move the drop-downs up for all browsers, but it wouldn't look so >> good in FF. >> Is there a way to sniff for AOL and include some hack ? I've already got >> some special >> CSS for IE, using the conditional [if IE] etc. >> >> The secondary problem is that I'd have no ready means of testing such a hack. >> >> http://www.mull-bed-and-breakfast.co.uk/ >> > David Hucklesby wrote: > Hmm. Testing for AOL is problematic for all of us, since there are > so many variants and the browsers used are often bastardized versions. > This means, of course, that hacks are not really an option. > > However, someone on this list once mentioned that adding a space > at the end of the text that is inside the link often gets rid of this > extra gap. Can you test that in whatever variant of AOL you use?
I don't use AOL, that's why it took me so long to find this problem, and why I can't test any changes I do make. (I was staying with family many miles from here when I discovered it on their computer) > > Another suggestion - try eliminating white-space between the closing > opening LI tags. I use an empty comment between them to preserve > the "Tidy" look, but any method of closing up the markup will likely > help get rid of the gaps. > > BTW - congratulations in getting the drop-down to work over the search > input. Thank you. It took a while to achieve that. Unfortunately I can't remember what I did, so I'll have to reinvent it in due course ! Tim > > Cordially, > David > -- > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free. > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > -- Tim Dawson Maolbhuidhe Fionnphort Isle of Mull PA66 6BP 01681 700718 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
