Posted by boclair on 11/22/32 11:23

kchayka wrote:
> boclair wrote:
>
>>peekaboo bug
>>Add rule height:1px; to #findus
>
>
> You might want to reconsider using height as a work-around for various
> IE6 layout bugs. What happens if MS decides to correct IE's broken
> overflow behavior in IE7? This will bite you badly.
>
> Suggested alternative:
> zoom: 1.0;
>

Thanks for that. I had not come across it though now having googled I
see it is recommended widely.

Do you know that the height hack will backfire in IE7? It doesn't in
existing compliant browsers as far as know.

I thought that suggesting a height for a div did not constrain the div
height which is determined rather by the content. It seemed that the
height hack was fairly innocuous as hacks go.

I ask because we have authored a number of sites in some of which the
height hack has been used.

Louise

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