Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 03/25/07 13:17

cluthz wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm having problems getting consistency on placing a layer in IE and
> firefox.
>
> Easier probably if you take a look yourself at:
> (temporary link)
>
> http://server6.dedicateduk.com/~novitelt/signup1-complete.php
>
> If you look at this in both IE (7 I'm using) and firefox you will see that
> the left hand navigation has a marker which has a different horizontal
> position in each browser. In Firefox it's too far to the right and covers
> the "sign up" link which it is indicating.
>
> I cannot work out why despite looking through the code many times.
>
> Can anyone please help?

In Firefox while holding the "CTRL" key down press the "+" a couple of
times and get your answer!

That image and much of your design is absolute pixels places, but the
text size and spacing (and the font in fact) can vary from browser to
browser because of rendering methods, different default settings, user
preference, OS of user, font availability. To be brief, your design
plan is the problem, Google "liquid layouts" and avoid "position:
absolute;" in most cases...



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Take care,

Jonathan
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