for the record, you can also use background images to 
fill the gap. it can be pesky to get it to line up 
correctly, especially with a complex layout, but it 
will fill in that space... (and if you're using bg 
images, go ahead and use the css background 
properties to control tiling...). 

I know most of us don't like background images, but 
if it's mandatory to cover that ns right gutter, it 
will do the trick.

see it in action at http://www.dept3.com

-nate

nate@vicksburgcollective.com

-----Original Message-----
From: thelist-admin@lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thelist-admin@lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of 
jeff
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:34 PM
To: thelist@lists.evolt.org
Subject: RE: [thelist] Not filling total width


mat,

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: From: matt newell
:
: the original question was :
: how do i keep netscape from making that ugly
: side gutter.
:
: the answer is:
:
: add, rightmargin=0 to your body tag
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

unfortunately you are incorrect.  rightmargin is a 
non-standard ie specific
attribute of the body tag and has absolutely zero 
effect in netscape.

the gutter you're seeing is reserved by netscape for 
the scrollbar whether
it's necessary or not.  coincidentally, ie does the 
same thing except it
display the scrollbar at all times.

so -- the solution?  make your content tall enough to 
always show the
scrollbar, find a color that you can set the bgcolor 
of the body to that
doesn't make that gap obvious, or simply ignore it.

thanks,

.jeff

name://jeff.howden
game://web.development
http://www.evolt.org/
mailto:jeff@members.evolt.org


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