Posted by Nate12o6 on 03/01/07 19:13

On Mar 1, 11:53 am, Bernhard Sturm <sturmnixs...@datacomm.ch> wrote:
> Nate12o6 wrote:
> > Im having a little trouble getting something to render the same in FF
> > and IE.
>
> > Here is a link to the problem page:
>
> >http://70.154.152.139/custSelect.php
>
> > FF renders it perfectly but IE will not layer the loading divs on top
> > of the client list.
> > Anyone know how to fix this?
>
> There are various flaws in your design:
>
> - your document structure suffers a bit from divitis, meaning: reduce
> the amount of stacked divs.
>
> - you are mixing structure with design. You have placed styles in your
> document. this is a no, no, and makes bugfixing extremely difficult. get
> rid of those "style='xxx'" attributes.
>
> - You might considering using position:absolute; for the positioning of
> your div-containers
>
> I can make it work by using this in orderEntry.css:
>
> /* --- loader ---*/
>
> #clientsDiv {
> height:478px;
> position:absolute;}
>
> #clients {
> position:absolute;
>
> }
>
> #loaderContainerClients {
> position:absolute;
> background-image: url(semi-transparent.gif);
> z-index: 1001;
> width: 100%;
> height: 478px;
>
> }
>
> #loaderContainerClients div {
> margin:175px auto 0px auto;
> width:32px;
> position:relative;
>
> }
>
> /* --- loader ---*/
>
> However this is not perfect, but you really need to look at your
> stacking orders of your divs... I would redesign the entire page (there
> are too many floating-divs)
>
> HTH
> bernhard
>
> --www.daszeichen.ch
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Thanks for the help bernhard. Everywhere i turn I am reading to use
div over tables. Am i just using two many divs or should I use a
hybrid of both?

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