Philippe Wittenbergh wrote:
> 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
Thanks. The problem wasn't the absence of {clear: both;}, but the presence of
{float: none;}. The other browsers were happy, but not Safari.
I'd better get myself 'Webkit Inspector' now. I've found the nightly builds at
webkit.org. Is that it, or is there a released stable version ?
Tim
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