BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

**kaeli** · Jul 21 '05, 01:41 AM

Re: BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

In article <d3ea5e$2r90$1@ newsreader2.mcl ink.it>, nospam@nowhere. com
enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> System:
> Windows XP SP1 + all latest patches (no SP2)
>
> Browser:
> IE 6.0.2800.1106.x psp2.040919-1003
>
> Problem:
> browser does not show, or partially shows, borders and background color of
> <DIV> as defined in CSS file. Forzing a drawing refresh by minimizing and
> restoring browser window or by overlapping another window on browser causes
> correct rendering on <DIV>.
>
> Problem occurs on any <DIV> of any page if based on CSS. Same pages are
> correctly rendered by Mozzilla or Firefox.
>[/color]

It's a version of the peek-a-boo IE bug, quite likely. Ran into it myself a
couple months ago with a div inside a TD. Had to remove the nested div.

If you need more help, you need to post a URL for people to look at. If it's
the one in your sig, say so.

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**Philip Herlihy** · Jul 21 '05, 01:41 AM

Re: BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

The only site I've found which does anything to document these awful bugs in
IE is http://www.positioniseverything.net/

I'd be very glad to hear of any other references.

Like a lot (most?) of web designers (if I can call myself that) I used to
design for IE, and then wonder why it looked so awful in Firefox, etc. Now
I write CSS to the standard, check that it looks exactly as I expected in
Firefox, and then try to coax IE to render it acceptably. IE6 will be
around for a decade...

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"kaeli" <tiny_one@NOSPA M.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cc46d 308753289e98a49 d@nntp.lucent.c om...[color=blue]
> It's a version of the peek-a-boo IE bug, quite likely. Ran into it myself
> a
> couple months ago with a div inside a TD. Had to remove the nested div.[/color]

**kaeli** · Jul 21 '05, 01:41 AM

Re: BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

In article <d3ecnb$rag$1@h ercules.btinter net.com>, foof8501
@herlihy.eu.vei l.com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> Now
> I write CSS to the standard, check that it looks exactly as I expected in
> Firefox, and then try to coax IE to render it acceptably.[/color]

Yup. Me too.
Last time, I failed and had to revert to f***ing tables. Again. Probably
could have been done eventually with enough putzing around, but I just don't
have that much patience.
I used to hate Netscape 4. Now I hate MSIE. *sighs*

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**Safalra** · Jul 21 '05, 01:41 AM

Re: BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

Philip Herlihy wrote:[color=blue]
> "kaeli" <tiny_one@NOSPA M.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1cc46d 308753289e98a49 d@nntp.lucent.c om...[color=green]
> > It's a version of the peek-a-boo IE bug, quite likely. Ran into it[/color][/color]
myself[color=blue][color=green]
> > a couple months ago with a div inside a TD. Had to remove the[/color][/color]
nested div.[color=blue]
>
> The only site I've found which does anything to document these awful[/color]
bugs in[color=blue]
> IE is http://www.positioniseverything.net/
>
> I'd be very glad to hear of any other references.[/color]

[top-posting fixed]

Here's one more bug, caused by empty block-level elements:

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**Philip Herlihy** · Jul 21 '05, 01:42 AM

Re: BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

"Safalra" <usenet@safalra .com> wrote in message
news:1113302672 .068272.43620@f 14g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...[color=blue]
> Here's one more bug, caused by empty block-level elements:
>
> http://www.safalra.com/hypertext/html/iebug.html[/color]

Noted - thanks!

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**Safalra** · Jul 21 '05, 01:42 AM

Re: BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

Philip Herlihy wrote:[color=blue]
> "Safalra" <usenet@safalra .com> wrote in message
> news:1113302672 .068272.43620@f 14g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...[color=green]
> > Here's one more bug, caused by empty block-level elements:
> >
> > http://www.safalra.com/hypertext/html/iebug.html[/color]
>
> Noted - thanks![/color]

And I've just found another one (I need to check my website in IE more
often...). This page demonstrates the bug - the 'world Factbook' div
runs to the left of the page for some reason, but its content behaves
as if the div was where it should be:

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http://www.safalra.com/ns.html

Once I've worked out a simpler example, I'll write a page demonstrating
it and post again here.

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**Safalra** · Jul 21 '05, 01:43 AM

Re: BUG in IE6 when displaying CSS based <DIV>

Safalra wrote:[color=blue]
> Philip Herlihy wrote:[color=green]
> > "Safalra" <usenet@safalra .com> wrote in message
> > news:1113302672 .068272.43620@f 14g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...[color=darkred]
> > > Here's one more bug, caused by empty block-level elements:
> > >
> > > http://www.safalra.com/hypertext/html/iebug.html[/color]
> >
> > Noted - thanks![/color]
>
> And I've just found another one [snip]
> Once I've worked out a simpler example, I'll write a page[/color]
demonstrating[color=blue]
> it and post again here.[/color]

As promised:

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http://www.safalra.com/hypertext/html/iebug2.html

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