just set the width of the containing div, not the min-width, as that is all that is required to prevent the collapsing and is supported by almost every browser available, including good ole IE6.
@Greg to stop supporting IE6 means stop supporting the people who use IE6. many businesses rightly feel an obligation to support their customers, regardless of their financial state and/or technical acumen. it would make my life easier to disregard all but the most compliant browsers, but, sadly, making my life easier is not what my job is about. : ) On Jan 13, 8:50 am, Greg Tarnoff <greg.tarn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another option is using the CSS min-width to set a minimum width in > case they make the window smaller, this will prevent the block from > wrapping.. this will mean two things: > 1) Side scrolling in 800x600, but let's be real you shouldn't have > to support that these days anyway. > 2) Min-width doesn't work in IE6,7 and I don't think 8. But > again...we, as a community need to stop supporting IE6. > > Gregory Tarnoff > > www.tarnoff.infohttp://www.twitter.com/gregtarnoffhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/urothane