jack fredricks wrote:
> *html .sectionLanding .contentArea {width:540px}
>
> and
>
> .sectionLanding .landingSidebar {float:left; width:135px;
> border-right:1px solid #ccc; height:200px; background:orange}
>
>
> 1) each landingsidebar is 136px wide (135px + 1px border-right)
> 2) the star * html rule is telling IE6 to make the contentArea 540px
> wide. That only leaves room for 3.
>
Jack offered a good answer. It makes sense *IF* you know that IE 5.x
calculates box sizes differently than IE 6. The 5.5 calculation is
known as the broken box model. A good explanation at Tantek's site
below. Since Tantek offered his hack, better ones have evolved and Jack
showed you what is known as the Simplified Box Model Hack (SMBH).
http://www.tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html
http://www.doxdesk.com/personal/posts/css/20020212-bmh.html
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModelHack
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Bob Easton
Accessibility Matters: http://access-matters.com
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