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Posted by Ben C on 07/16/07 16:31
On 2007-07-16, 0dev <ch1.will@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jul 14, 6:36 am, Ben C <spams...@spam.eggs> wrote:
>> On 2007-07-13, 0dev <ch1.w...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Why isn't it displaying correctly in Safari/Mac?
>>
>> The footer is a table, whose width is set to 760px.
>>
>> Inside its second row are three cells, with widths 316px, 225px, and one
>> with a div whose outer margin width is 215px. You've also got 15px of
>> padding on the first cell.
>>
>> That lot adds up to 771px. So the browser asks itself, well which do you
>> want? 760px or 771px? Firefox picks 760px, Safari 771px. As it happens,
>> you wanted 760px so Safari guessed wrong on this occasion.
>>
>> Easier to let the computer do what it's good at and add the numbers up
>> for you, so just delete "width=225" from the middle cell in that row. The
>> browser will give it whatever it can get away with to try to make the
>> whole thing 760px wide.
>
> Thank you for your help. I've made the change and just need to find a
> Mac to test it on.
I don't have a Mac either, but Konqueror (Linux) was doing the same
thing as your screenshot. Safari is based on Konqueror so it's probably
the same issue.
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