On Oct 16, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Tim Dawson wrote:

> Philippe Wittenbergh wrote:
>> On Oct 16, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Tim Dawson wrote:
>>
>>> Could someone check this page on Mac/Safari, please, and tell me
>>> whether the
>>> content is being 'floated' (?) way off to the right (and if so why,
>>> if possible).
>>>
>>> http://www.holidaymullandiona.co.uk/sealife/whales.php
>>
>> #txtcol {clear:both}
>>
>> I'm not clear exactly what Safari/WebKit is doing. From a quick look:
>> the orange nav is 760px wide (on purpose ?), the wrapper (outer) is
>> 770px wide and Safari puts the #txtcol inside that 10px gap. Of  
>> course
>> it overflows to the right.
>>
>> Philippe
>
> I installed Safari for Windows, and was able to see the effect.
>
> #txtcol {clear:both} seems to have fixed it, but IE7 then made a  
> very tall thin
> column.  Removing #txtcol {width: auto;} fixed that, so I think the  
> problem is
> resolved.  I still can't see anywhere that div#nav is set to 760px  
> wide.
>
> Thank you for your help.

When I originally loaded the page, The Webkit Inspector reported 760px  
for that orange bar. I don't remember the name of the stylesheet.
I reloaded the page now, and it reports 770px.
The clear:both on the #txtcol is not necessary anymore, although safe  
to add.

Philippe
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Philippe Wittenbergh
http://l-c-n.com/





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