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A strange blockquote issue in IE6 - hasLayout related

Sent by Matt Dawson on 1 March 2007 16:04


Hi all -

So I have this problem, and I found a fix. Now I'm looking for *why.*

Here's the site: www.thenestedfloat.com
Here's the css:
http://www.thenestedfloat.com/wp-content/themes/ThickFloat/style.css

On my blog, any time I use a blockquote, all text in the left column that
follows the blockquote has its margins re-rendered in IE6. The result is
that the left side of that main content column is clipped.

The fix was to trigger hasLayout on the blockquotes - I used height: 1%;

So without seeing the problem in action, is there anyone that has insight
into the *why* of this? Why does an element not having layout impact the
flow of the rest of the document?

I wish there was some way I could mark a list post as "low priority," as
this is a question of purely academic interest.

Thanks!

Matt
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