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[IE] relative to outermost?

outermost, IE, bug, relative positioning

         

ezman

6:05 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)



Hi there,

several hours i am scratching my head, trying to resolve this issue :

i wish i have this layout, using divs only : <snip>

everything is fine with mozilla and opera

unfortunately, the audience is widely equipped with IE browsers

and there is the problem : IE is positioning
INNER layer relatively not to the outermost layer which is CONTENT but to the previous sibling which is MENU

what am i doing wrong?
do you know if it is a known issue?
what is the workaround here?

answers and comments very appreciated

thanx a lot

[edited by: SuzyUK at 7:29 am (utc) on Sep. 4, 2004]
[edit reason] please no URLS - TOS #13 [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]

SuzyUK

7:19 am on Sep 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Hi ezman - Welcome to wWebmasterWorld!

it's quite difficult to say where any problem is..
even looking at your graphic ;)

can you post the simplified HTML/CSS code (e.g. just layout skeleton) of your page, for just the layout elements involved.

elements generally position themselves relative to their proceeding element (sibling) unless you're using absolute positioning for the internal elements. If you are, the wrapper (content div?) should be positioned relative any absolutely psoitioned elements nested inside it (1st level only) will then take their position from it.

Suzy

DrDoc

2:50 pm on Sep 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Are you using relative or absolute positioning?