Posted by dwight.stegall on 10/11/06 11:44

ie measures the box model differently than the others do. ie measures
from outside border to outside border. other browsers do it differently
and the box model ends up smaller in the other browsers.

here is a flash tutorial on how to fix the box model in ie
http://www.idest.com/csshacks/demos.htm

box model hack examples. click on "Chapter 3: Hiding Css From Newer
Browsers"
http://www.idest.com/csshacks/files.htm

also see
http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/

this might be a bit intense for a newbie to follow
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModelHack

if you still don't understand it join http://www.cssdiscuss.org/ it's a
css email list. get a throw away email address just for this list.
you'll get about a dozen emails from them maybe more. they help newbies
and professionals.

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