Posted by K A Nuttall on 12/22/06 18:57

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> IE problem is a round off error. Pisser,but you can compromise by
> tweaking the LI to:
>
> .hzmenu li {
> width: 19.95%;
> }
>
> It is a PITA though, take it up with MS, they don't seem compelled
> to really support CSS spec even for version 7. Maybe they need to
> leave somethings to sell us on upgrading version 8 (Only available
> with the Windows after Vista!)

Thanks. I used something very similar on the real site. It's not
condusive to designing fluid layouts, when you can't even get the most
popular browsers on the planet to add up to 100.

As an aside, something I've always wondered is: how do agents actually
handle these 'mad' percentages? I'm sure I read somewhere that setting
font-size in percentages was hit and miss, unless working in 5%
graduations. Do browsers really take notice of 0.05% widths?

What would be nice is if there's some way of introducing a small margin
on either side of the page, which 'absorbs' any excess width without
the wrapping.

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K A Nuttall
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