Sent by Big John on 22 September 2003 07:07
Olwen wrote:
> I'm trying to do a layout which to make it simple is:
> <DIV STYLE="position:absolute;left:200PX;right:0PX;top:150px">
> <div style="float:left;width:49%;">
> This is some text </div>
> <div style="float:right;width:49%;">
> This is some text </div>
> </div>
> In Mozilla or Firebird this has 2 columns evenly spaced and a gap to the
> left.
> In internet exlplorer it does them same without a doctype or with an older
> doctype, but as soon as I set the doctype to 4.01 it decides the 49% applys
> to the screen width, rather than the wrapper div and messes up my columns.
> Can anyone suggest a way to keep these as 2 fluid columns of the same width?
Try making the floats 'relative'. That often fixes such problems.
If not, you may have to allpy a 'width' to the AP container.
HTH
Big John
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