Posted by BootNic on 05/19/06 05:49

> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> news:doraymeRidThis-695CCB.09541019052006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au....
>
> Would appreciate any recommendations to make the list at
> http://tinyurl.com/zcpgv behave itself in WinIE closest to this
> sort of markup and css? I know there are other ways to go, but I
> am curious as to how to make this more rock solid. I have removed
> my every stumbling hacks and left it bare to see what you might
> suggest.
>
> It behaves nicely in all modern Mac browsers I have at hand. ie.
> it has the grace wanted in the margin to left and reasonable
> grace to right of pic and the list text is lined up on the left
> neatly with no kinks, no wrapping, no drops or gaps or surprising
> behaviour. But not in IE as can be seen from various window
> resizing, text enlarging... In particular, a slight kink in the
> list as it clears the float. I have now forgotten where I read up
> about this jag and what was recommended.

http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/threepxtest.html

ul {
margin: 0 0 0 330px;
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
list-style-type: none;
border: 1px red solid;
background: transparent;
height:expression('1px'); /* will not validate */
}

OR

<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
ul {
height:1px;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->


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BootNic Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:48 PM

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