At 22:57 on Tuesday, 28 Dec 2004, Matt Warden wrote: > thelist, > > I am having a problem with rounded borders using the background-image > method in IE on Windows. I'm really not sure what the problem is, but > I think I have it narrowed down to *where* the problem is. See a > simplified template here: > > http://mwarden.f2o.org/test/navproblem.htm > > As you can see, on IE, the right and left border extends further than it > should. it's #navlist that needs attention. This page: http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/hollyhack.html explains some of the weird display bugs that IE exhibits when you have elements without stated dimensions. give #navlist a width and your problem is solved. AFAIK it's to do with "layout" http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/mshtml/reference/ifaces/currentstyle2/haslayout.asp and elements that don't have layout, are rendered strangely by IE. hth