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valid CSS/HTML has strange glitch

Sent by John Potter on 6 September 2003 02:02


I see what you describe Sandy.

It could be the cut-off bug, where IE6 incorrectly caches a height from a
previous short page.
Bug demo and possibe fix here:
http://johnp.co.nz/techstuff/ie6cutoff1.htm

HTH
JohnP

John Potter

Johnpwebdesign - fast, effective, handcrafted websites: http://johnp.co.nz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL-REMOVED]
> [EMAIL-REMOVED]]On Behalf Of Sandy McMurray
> Sent: Saturday, 6 September 2003 9:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL-REMOVED]
> Subject: [css-d] valid CSS/HTML has strange glitch
>
>
> re: http://www.techstuff.ca/sites/audrey/v4.6/
>
> I'm having a peculiar problem that seems to be isolated to IE6 -- some
> pages on this new site occasionally display one element -- an
> absolutely positioned box -- in the wrong place, overlapping the main
> navigation menu. When this occurs, extra green is also visible at the
> bottom of the page (i.e. Extra space is displayed n the "container" DIV
> under the "nav" and "main" DIVs.)
>
> These glitches *vanish* when you hit the Refresh button. (Maybe I have
> older versions of the offending pages in my cache?)
>
> The problem is specific to IE. I have not seen this glitch while
> previewing in other PC or Mac browsers. It checks out fine in Netscape,
> Mozilla, Camino and Safari. I haven't tried with Opera.
>
> Please view in IE6 and let me know if you see the same glitch.
>
> The CSS validates and the pages validate as HTML 4.01 Transitional:
> http://www.techstuff.ca/sites/audrey/v4.6/
> http://www.techstuff.ca/sites/audrey/v4.6/css/screen.css
>
> SMc
>
> --
> Sandy McMurray, Editor
> Technology in Plain Language
> http://www.TechStuff.ca/
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