3 fluid columns - wierd in IE6 sp2 win

[mark l sanders]

Strange behavior in IE6 for Win XP (SP2 applied) using a banner + 3 floated (all fluid) columns using float and a percentage width a la Glish's site: [glish.com...]

When the window is resized, the tiniest nudge (increasing OR decreasing window size) can force the right columns to the left (under left column); the tiniest change (again, bigger or smaller) can make it revert to its proper position...

I've got a feeling there's something small I'm missing...!

[jetboy_70]

It's a number rounding issue with IE, one of its many bugs. The percentage widths of all three columns add up to exactly 100%. Sometimes when you resize, IE will decide that it's in fact just over 100%, and will reformat the layout accordingly.

It's a very fragile kind of layout, but if you experiment with making the column widths add up to a little less that 100% (i.e. 33%, 33.9%, 33%) it can make it more stable in IE.

[mark l sanders]

fantastice. thanks. that's fixed it

[moltar]

Wow! Never heard about that one. Thanks jetboy_70!