I am having problems with a layout design in IE.  Everything works fine in
FireFox and Opera, but IE as usual is the problem child.  Once it is
stripped down, the layout is a basic 2 column layout with the left panel set
at 210px and floated left and the right panel set with a left margin of 210
px.  The two panels work just fine and line up next to each other without
issue.  However, in IE, the content in the right panel (not the panel
itself) gets skewed.
 
A picture is worth a thousand words, so I will start with a url.
 
 
http://www.admentus.com/prototype/administration/account/suppContacts.cfm
 
The left panel is the block with the light grey header and the words/buttons
folders and search.  The right panel is the block next to the left panel
(duh) that has a white background.  The dark grey background color of the
left panel is just that, a background image.  The actual div is only as tall
as the content ... hence the fact that the table in the right column has
dropped down below the content in the left panel.
 
I am seeing two issues in IE that are not apparent in FireFox.  In the right
panel, the ul with class="ttActionBar" (the add and remove buttons) is
shifted several pixels to the right.  Also, the table is obviously pushed
down below the content in the left panel.  Both issues are directly related
to the width of the left panel, not the content of the left panel.  It does
not matter what content I put in the left panel, the same behavior always
appears (click on the search button at the top of the left panel to change
the content).  Notice the arrow/triangle pointing left next to the search
button at the top of the left panel.  Clicking on this will activate a
javascript that merely changes the class name of the left panel ... from one
that has a 210px width defined to another that has a 20px width defined.  In
doing this, both issues disappear ... hence, the tie between the left panel
width and the two problems.
 
I have been fighting with this for a couple of days now and cannot figure
out what is going on.  The base layout (i.e. the two column layout) appears
to work fine and there are no floating issues there.  The issue appears with
the content in the right panel, which at least to me, seems very bizarre.
 
Does anybody have any suggestions as to what might be happening here?
 
Thanks
-- Jeff Chastain
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