IE display problem - known bug?

[Tony T]

I'd really appreciate some help on this one. I've put up a sample page here
http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ug/review.html
and the stylesheet's here
http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ebug/books.css
(The links don't work, as it's just a sample)

I'm running WindowsME on PC. I'm happy with the way the page renders in NN6
and Opera 7.1, but strange things happen in IE6 (there's a surprise!). What
seems to happen is this: if the screen resolution/default browser font size
is set to a value so that the bottom of the main (centre) column is below
the bottom of the screen, the whole page renders OK and you can scroll down
as normal. But if the page loads so the whole height is visible, some text
near the bottom is not displayed. On my settings, resolutions 800x600 and
1024x768 show the difference.

The most predictable fault is that nothing appears between the two
horizontal lines - but if you click and drag over this part of the page the
missing content is highlighted. Sometimes some of the main text is missing
too. I also find that if I set the resolution so that the page loads OK,
scroll down to the bottom, then hit 'refresh', the fault re-appears (and the
content disappears!). Occasionally the whole center column content fails to
load, apart from the thumbnail image. When this happens, 'refresh' brings
most of it back.

If anyone can suggest a cause and/or a fix I'd be grateful.
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Tony T
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[C A Upsdell]

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I'd really appreciate some help on this one. I've put up a sample page here http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ug/review.html
and the stylesheet's here
http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ebug/books.css
(The links don't work, as it's just a sample)

I'm running WindowsME on PC. I'm happy with the way the page renders in NN6 and Opera 7.1, but strange things happen in IE6 (there's a surprise!). What seems to happen is this: if the screen resolution/default browser font size is set to a value so that the bottom of the main (centre) column is below
the bottom of the screen, the whole page renders OK and you can scroll down as normal. But if the page loads so the whole height is visible, some text
near the bottom is not displayed. On my settings, resolutions 800x600 and
1024x768 show the difference.

The most predictable fault is that nothing appears between the two
horizontal lines - but if you click and drag over this part of the page the missing content is highlighted. Sometimes some of the main text is missing
too. I also find that if I set the resolution so that the page loads OK,
scroll down to the bottom, then hit 'refresh', the fault re-appears (and the content disappears!). Occasionally the whole center column content fails to load, apart from the thumbnail image. When this happens, 'refresh' brings
most of it back.

If anyone can suggest a cause and/or a fix I'd be grateful.

Yeah, this is an IE 6 problem that often appears when you generate content
using JavaScript where content written by one fragment of JavaScript is
adjacent on the screen to other content also generated by JavaScript. I've
never found a fix for it except to try to make sure that the chunks of
content are well separated on the screen ... which can depend on the screen
resolution.

[Tony T]

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"Tony T" <fr************ *@btinternet.co m> wrote in message
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I'd really appreciate some help on this one. I've put up a sample page here

http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ug/review.html
and the stylesheet's here
http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ebug/books.css
(The links don't work, as it's just a sample)

I'm running WindowsME on PC. I'm happy with the way the page renders in

NN6

and Opera 7.1, but strange things happen in IE6 (there's a surprise!).

What

seems to happen is this: if the screen resolution/default browser font

size

is set to a value so that the bottom of the main (centre) column is below the bottom of the screen, the whole page renders OK and you can scroll

down

as normal. But if the page loads so the whole height is visible, some text near the bottom is not displayed. On my settings, resolutions 800x600 and 1024x768 show the difference.

The most predictable fault is that nothing appears between the two
horizontal lines - but if you click and drag over this part of the page

the

missing content is highlighted. Sometimes some of the main text is missing too. I also find that if I set the resolution so that the page loads OK,
scroll down to the bottom, then hit 'refresh', the fault re-appears (and

the

content disappears!). Occasionally the whole center column content fails

to

load, apart from the thumbnail image. When this happens, 'refresh' brings most of it back.

If anyone can suggest a cause and/or a fix I'd be grateful.

Yeah, this is an IE 6 problem that often appears when you generate content
using JavaScript where content written by one fragment of JavaScript is
adjacent on the screen to other content also generated by JavaScript.

I've never found a fix for it except to try to make sure that the chunks of
content are well separated on the screen ... which can depend on the screen resolution.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I've tried stripping the javascript (see
http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...view_nojs.html )
and the problem's still there.

Anyone got any other ideas?
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Tony T
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[Tony T]

"Tony T" <fr************ *@btinternet.co m> wrote in message
news:cc******** **@sparta.btint ernet.com...

I'd really appreciate some help on this one. I've put up a sample page here http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ug/review.html
and the stylesheet's here
http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...ebug/books.css
(The links don't work, as it's just a sample)

I'm running WindowsME on PC. I'm happy with the way the page renders in NN6 and Opera 7.1, but strange things happen in IE6 (there's a surprise!). What seems to happen is this: if the screen resolution/default browser font size is set to a value so that the bottom of the main (centre) column is below
the bottom of the screen, the whole page renders OK and you can scroll down as normal. But if the page loads so the whole height is visible, some text
near the bottom is not displayed. On my settings, resolutions 800x600 and
1024x768 show the difference.

The most predictable fault is that nothing appears between the two
horizontal lines - but if you click and drag over this part of the page the missing content is highlighted. Sometimes some of the main text is missing
too. I also find that if I set the resolution so that the page loads OK,
scroll down to the bottom, then hit 'refresh', the fault re-appears (and the content disappears!). Occasionally the whole center column content fails to load, apart from the thumbnail image. When this happens, 'refresh' brings
most of it back.

If anyone can suggest a cause and/or a fix I'd be grateful.
--
Tony T
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I think I've traced the source of the problem, if not the reason. It seems
to be the <hr>'s above and below the vanishing text.
http://rnetworks2002.users.btopenwor...view_nohr.html is the
same page without the <hr>'s, and as far as I can see, it now displays
consistently (even) in IE. It's the <hr> tags in the html rather than the
style of the <hr>'s, as the problem is still there if I leave the <hr>'s in
the html and remove the hr selector from the css file.

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Tony T
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