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Need some CSS help

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  • 10-04-2004 11:49pm
    #1
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm having trouble with the CSS on this page:
    http://eypireland.com/xaraya/index.php/news/5

    The problem is the "Comments Settings" option bar. it displays properly in Firefox, but in IE its absolutely massive. I've tried adding display: inline to the style on the form tag, but it didn't help.

    The whole options bar is a bit of a kludge - I had to use a table for spacing the form elements because css floats don't seem to agree with this layout...

    I could really use some pointers here.


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    #2
    JustHalf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭JustHalf


    IE doesn't handle widths very well. I wish I was making this up.

    If you take away "width: 100%" from the table's style, the table displays fine, if a bit cramped. IE seems to be deciding to set the height of the table from the width; this is pretty nasty.


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    JustHalf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭JustHalf


    Just so you know: I'm not going to try and solve all the CSS problems with that site (it's a pretty nice design btw). But here's a few hints:

    My first guess would be to try some relative positioning to sort out the widths, with negative values for "right:"... like "right: -5px". I remember that trick from a while ago, I'm not sure if it actually works :)

    Get rid of the inline styles. Bad idea.

    Try get hooked up with the css-discuss mailing list. Google for it (I would link but I'm lazy). It's fairly high traffic, but you'll get a much better response there.


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