Sent by Big John on 27 December 2002 16:04
Peter Bowyer wrote:
> I've read through the page in the Wiki about this bug and have tried
> applying the fixes, but with no success. To see my problem, please have a
> look at http://www.mapledesign.co.uk. I suggest you look at the pages
> <front page> => Services => Freelance Work to see the bug to the best
> effect. Notice how part of the white box containing the main content is
> invisible? An interesting feature is that if you mouse over a link on the
> navigation menu then the content reappears.
This is a variation of the 'Guillotine' bug, and it's yet another IE
float bug. It often appears with the 'Peekaboo' bug and had me confused
for a while. One difference is that the first can happen in IE5.5 and
IE6; the second only in IE6. I have a skeleton demo that should have
been added to my bug site a looong time ago:
http://users.rraz.net/mc_on_the_rocks/testpage/guillotine.html
Basically, IE has a well known habit of enclosing wrapped floats
even without a 'clearing' element after the float. The link action
is simply toggling this incorrect behavior on and off. When it's
'off', the bottom part of the float extends out of the container,
where IE refuses to show it.
HTH
Big John
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"What the world needs is a good bug ring"--Big John
<http://users.rraz.net/mc_on_the_rocks/testpage/pie.html>
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