Posted by Aaron Gray on 12/27/07 02:03

"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> "Aaron Gray" <ang.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I am having problems with a form taking too much vertical space.
>>
>> The test example is here :-
>>
>> http://www.aarongray.org/Test/HTML/Form/test.html
>>
>> I have put a border around the form.
>
> No, you haven't. You've put a border on the div that contains the form.
>
>> It should take up less height than it is doing.
>
> The form is taking up as much vertical space as you have told it to, 10
> pixels. Firebug confirms this. It's the div that is taking up extra space,
> probably the forms margin-bottom.

Yep, its the forms margin-bottom on IE !

>> Hope you can show me what I am missing or doing wrong.
>
> You are running the browser in quirks mode where it emulates all the bugs
> from older versions. Supply a valid doctype (strict HTML 4.01) and things
> will change considerably.

Yes, forgot about quirks mode !

Many thanks,

Aaron

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