Thank you both for your quick responses. I took a quick look at the Meyer article on collapsing margins this morning. The behaviour still seems strange to me... I need to munch on it for awhile. I find you need a much greater understanding of structure and construction when working with CSS. In other words I'm still pushing myself out of table thinking. still munching... Lisa Wilson > In addition to Michael's fine description of collapsing margins, here is > an article by Eric Meyer with a great illustration of what you are seeing. > > http://www.complexspiral.com/publications/uncollapsing-margins/ > > -- > Bob Easton ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
