Posted by Els on 06/07/05 15:23

Gavin wrote:

> Here my code below.

Please don't copy paste code, provide a URL instead.

> If I put a border around the wrapper box, its fine if the content
> doesn't go below the bottem of the menu, but if it does, the wrapper doesn't
> expand to fit.

[snip a /lot/ of code]

> #maincontent {
> width: 525px;
> left: 140px;
> position: absolute;
> top: 170px;
> text-align: left;
> height: auto;
> }

position:absolute takes the element out of the normal flow.
The wrapper box doesn't "see" the #maincontent, so it won't expand to
fit either.

I can't give you a ready solution without diving into your code, which
I'm not keen to do atm. General solution: don't use position:absolute
on the #maincontent, but find another way of placing it where you
want. If it's a page with a floated menu of 140px to the left, just
give the #maincontent a left margin of 140px and don't position it.

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