IE 5.5/6 bug for "text-align: justify;" in the first line of text

[Tobasco]

Hey all,
I've found, what I believe to be, a perculiar bug.
Using the following tag:

p{
line-height: 140%;
text-align: justify;
}

I've found that in the first line of text in IE5.5/6 it doesn't justify, but for all the other lines, in that tag, and further <p></p> tags there is no problem?

Anyone aware of this and/or know a hack around it?

Cheers - Jack

[Setek]

I tested that css on IE6 and it worked fine... I wouldn't know about 5.5 though.

Sorry I can't be of more help :)

[tedster]

Hello Tobasco, and welcome to the forums.

Tested on IE 4.0, 5.0. 5.5. 6.0 -- and no problem, at least on Windows XP. What's your operating system? In some rare cases that can make a difference.

[Moby_Dim]

Be sure your code is valid. Such things could be the result of non-valid code imho.

[SuzyUK]

Hi Tabasco and Welcome!

Is that particular line following a floated element by any chance? Just a thought as sometimes IE does peculiar things when clearance is involved.

Suzy

[lmfe]

I was having this problem, too.

The problem was somewhat related to having a DIV block nested within an A element. When the DIV got the text-align:justify, the first line didn't got justified.
The most strange part is that I have the same nesting somewhere else, which shows no problem with justification, so I guess thats not easily reproducible.

Inverting the nested elements (<div><a>...</a></div>) worked fine.

[createErrorMsg]

Welcome, Tabasco!

IE also has known issues with text-align:justify when there are italics involved. Any <em> elements in that line?

[Stooshie]

If I remember correctly IE5.5 was a particularly buggy version of that browser for all sorts of functionality, not just css.