On 2/16/09 10:08 AM, "Trevor Nicholls" <tre...@castingthevoid.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Example found at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tmjpbn/csw5.html
> 
> I have a (div) code fragment which has a text content (div) 'fragbody',
> styled with white-space:nowrap and displayed in a colored rectangle with a
> black border.
> 
> Apparently in IE6 if the browser window is narrowed the border and colored
> background "box" will not shrink to be smaller than the text, and the user
> can scroll right to see the end of the text and the edge of the box. This is
> the desired behaviour.
> 
> However in IE7 the box shrinks, while the text does not. The user can scroll
> right to see the rest of the text, but the "box" margin cuts through the
> text.
> 
> Having observed that Firefox 3 and Opera 9 behave similarly to IE7, I guess
> that IE7 is probably doing the right thing and I am relying on an IE6 quirk.
> The question is, can I implement the same behaviour in IE7?
> 
> Cheers
> Trevor


Try adding to fragbody....
display:block;
  width:100%;



Also why do you double div it?

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