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Mozilla, css-centering = no scrolling to the left issue.

Sent by Zoe Gillenwater on 27 April 2004 20:08


Austin, Darrel wrote:

>This is a problem I've seen on a few sites that I've been curious about.
>
>Take a look at either of these pages:
>
>http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/
>http://www.37signals.com/svn/
>
>...in FireFox or Mozilla and then narrow your window so that the content is
>too wide for it. Notice that you can scroll left, but not to the right to
>see the content.
>
>I'm guessing this is an issue with some CSS-centering layout, but I'm not
>sure what, exactly, is the culprit. I thought perhaps this is a known issue
>I just wasn't aware of.
>  
>

It's super easy to fix.  You just add a min-width to the body equal to 
the width of the main centered box.  But it's surprising how many 
reputable sites forget to do this.

Zoe

-- 
Zoe M. Gillenwater
Design Specialist
Highway Safety Research Center
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu


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