[thelist] iframe tag cross-platform problems

[JTocher]

Andy,
Again, thanks for taking the time to look at this! Will play around with a
few of your suggestions and see if we can get this puppy to fly...
Janice

on 3/19/02 4:15 PM, you wrote:

> <snip>
> Thanks for the tip... this fixed IE on Windows (somewhat) but broke IE Mac
> and Netscape 6 is not displaying correctly.
>
> http://averra.com/web_examples/iframes_tst1.htm
>
> Any other suggestions? or is my next best bet to add that other table cell
> filled with the style of whatever frame is called up in the area? (each page
> has unique color)
> </snip>
>
> Janice,
>
> One omission and one error on my part:
> 1. Add height="100%" to the table containing the iframe.
> 2. References to "parentElement" should be "parentNode" (both seem to work
> in IE, only parentNode in Netscape!)
>
> Which still doesn't eliminate to extra space below the iFrame in Netscape.
> So I fooled around with this some more (including a stab at using
> getComputedStyle in Netscape) but couldn't find a simple solution that
> worked in IE and Netscape. I did notice (Netscape) that if there is a lot of
> content in the upper tr or if you set the height of the content tr to 600,
> enough to push the iframe off the page, the extra space tends to disappear!
>
> This javascript function does require that your users have javascript on,
> and if you think they resize their windows with regularity, you'd have to
> consider adding an onresize call to the sizing function.
>
> You should also check the tr/td/colspan values -- they don't quite jibe.
>
> As for recommendations, I'd step back and say stay away from the height
> attribute in this situation and consider abandoning the table-based layout
> for CSS but I realize you may be required to support browsers where tables
> are the only viable answer. (Is that an acceptable excuse to keep tables?)
>
> Sorry I don't have the magic bullet.
>
> Andy
> http://hardacker.com/
>
>
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