[thelist] DIVs with height not expanding vertically
Gunlaug Sørtun
gunlaugs at c2i.net
Mon Mar 14 06:11:43 CST 2005
Ian Anderson wrote:
> Greetings all - lovely morning here in the UK
Looking good, but snowy, in Norway too.
> Wondered if anyone could offer any guidance with this; DIVs not
> expanding vertically as the content grows if they have their height
> set through CSS.
You are describing proper behavior for a good and standard-compliant
browser. Set height = absolute height-- anywhere but in IE/win.
> I imagine I should be using min-height to set the minimum height, but
> this is not respected in IE. Most of my clients use IE.Argh!
Use min-height for the good browsers, and hide any height-definition
from them. Then, turn the page...
#something {min-height: 75px; _height: 75px;}
...and you've got the best from both worlds. Your clients will love it.
> (sorry to refer to previous winge, but tables don't pull this kind of
> baloney.)
I love CSS-tables, but IE/win doesn't support them...
The old html ones are also great, for tabulating data.
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> PS - I suddenly realised I can presumably use a collection of Obscure
> CSS Hacks(tm) to deliver a height to IE and hide it from better
> browsers; this is not a prospect that fills me with joy...
Always look on the bright side, or consider your own suggestion:
> Think I'll give up web design and go back to painting sheds; the
> hours are better and the work is pretty much the same these days.
I prefer farming myself. Gets such intelligent answers when I feed the
cows with a particular problematic CSS issue. They never fails.
> Let's see, I need the IE Hole in Head fix, the Warsaw-Zackinsky
> Parent Child Selector Dodge; but of course if...
No, you need the garbage-back-door-hack for IE/win. Comes in all flavors.
<!--[if IE]><shut-up /><![endif]-->
The other browsers will just laugh, and float by on some good CSS.
Works every time.
> Be nice to Opera? WHY CAN'T OPERA BE NICE TO ME FOR A CHANGE?
Oh, Opera loves a good stylesheet. It rarely ever gets one...
The strange thing is that IE/win, Gecko and Safari play along really
nice when Opera is satisfied. Maybe something to think about.
regards
Georg
(farm-assistant and web-carpenter)
--
http://www.gunlaug.no
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