How do I get the div to be the full height of the contents?

[Alan Silver]

Hello,

Please look at http://www.kidsinaction.org.uk/fd2/x.html

In FF, it looks how I would like, but this required me to add an extra
div (id of "ferret") after the first ul in the page. I think this was so
that there would be something to clear, which made the div with id
"sectionlinks" be high enough. I'm sure that there is a better way to do
it than this!!

Even if there wasn't a better way, it doesn't work in IE (surprise) as
IE insists on giving the "ferret" div a height, even though I set it to
be zero.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? Ideally, I would like to have the
page looking like it does now in FF, but without needing the extra div.
I'm sure this can be done, I just don't know how ;-)

By the way, there are still a few issues with the page, such as font
sizes being too small in the margin, etc. Please don't shout at me for
this, I'm still experimenting with it!! Also, the blank space at the top
is for a header which I chopped out of the HTML to make it shorter.

TIA for any help.

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[Alan Silver]

In article <Tb**************@nospamthankyou.spam>, Alan Silver
<al*********@nospam.thanx.invalid> writes

Hello,

In case it helps, I have added a second version of the page, this time
without the extra div, so you can see what is happening. Ideally, I
would like to get the height working without adding extra (unneeded)
content.

http://www.kidsinaction.org.uk/fd2/y.html

Ironically, this version looks almost how I want it in IE, but lousy in
FF!!

TIA

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[Jim Moe]

Alan Silver wrote:

Please look at http://www.kidsinaction.org.uk/fd2/x.html

In FF, it looks how I would like, but this required me to add an extra
div (id of "ferret") after the first ul in the page. I think this was so
that there would be something to clear, which made the div with id
"sectionlinks" be high enough. I'm sure that there is a better way to do
it than this!!

See <http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html>.

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[Martin Eyles]

"Alan Silver" <al*********@nospam.thanx.invalid> wrote in message
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Please look at http://www.kidsinaction.org.uk/fd2/x.html

Even if there wasn't a better way, it doesn't work in IE (surprise) as IE
insists on giving the "ferret" div a height, even though I set it to be
zero.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Put a comment inside the ferret div.

ie.

<div id="ferret"><!-- --></div>

don't know why it works, but I use it loads to do graphs on IE specific "web
apps"

HTH,

Martin

[Alan Silver]

In article <7u********************@giganews.com>, Jim Moe
<jm***************@sohnen-moe.com> writes

See <http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html>.

Thanks, looks like a good article. Just printing it out now.

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[Alan Silver]

In article <12*************@corp.supernews.com>, Martin Eyles
<ma**********@NOSPAMbytronic.com> writes

"Alan Silver" <al*********@nospam.thanx.invalid> wrote in message
news:Tb**************@nospamthankyou.spam...

Please look at http://www.kidsinaction.org.uk/fd2/x.html

Even if there wasn't a better way, it doesn't work in IE (surprise) as IE
insists on giving the "ferret" div a height, even though I set it to be
zero.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Put a comment inside the ferret div.

ie.

<div id="ferret"><!-- --></div>

don't know why it works, but I use it loads to do graphs on IE specific "web
apps"

Huh? Isn't that weird!! Mind you, I have come to expect the unexpected
from IE!!

Thanks a lot, it gives me a temporary fix whilst I read the article that
Jim Moe linked. Ideally, I would like to avoid having the ferret div
there as it's not part of the document content, and is only there to get
around this problem. If that article offers a way of doing it without
the superfluous div, then I will do that instead.

Thanks again.

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[Jim Moe]

Martin Eyles wrote:

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Put a comment inside the ferret div.
<div id="ferret"><!-- --></div>

don't know why it works, but I use it loads to do graphs on IE specific "web
apps"

It does the same thing as
<http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html>.

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[boclair]

Jim Moe wrote:

Martin Eyles wrote:

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Put a comment inside the ferret div.
<div id="ferret"><!-- --></div>

don't know why it works, but I use it loads to do graphs on IE specific "web
apps"

It does the same thing as
<http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html>.

And its interesting, with this method, how IE manages to mess up margin
collapse, or rather non collapse.

Louise

[phil-news-nospam]

On Fri, 05 May 2006 02:57:06 GMT boclair <bo*****@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
| Jim Moe wrote:
|> Martin Eyles wrote:
|>>> Any suggestions on how to fix this?
|>> Put a comment inside the ferret div.
|>> <div id="ferret"><!-- --></div>
|>>
|>> don't know why it works, but I use it loads to do graphs on IE specific "web
|>> apps"
|>>
|> It does the same thing as
|> <http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html>.
|>
|
| And its interesting, with this method, how IE manages to mess up margin
| collapse, or rather non collapse.

Why do they call it "collapse"? It seems to me from the description the
current word would be "overlap".

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[Jim Moe]

boclair wrote:

Put a comment inside the ferret div.
<div id="ferret"><!-- --></div>
don't know why it works, but I use it loads to do graphs on IE specific "web
apps"

It does the same thing as
<http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html>.

And its interesting, with this method, how IE manages to mess up margin
collapse, or rather non collapse.

MS has its priorities for its business model:
1. Marketing blitzes
2. FUD
3. Monopoly leverage
4. Legal attacks
5. Sales channel constriction
6. Technical excellence

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[Mark Parnell]

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Jim Moe
<jm***************@sohnen-moe.com> declared in
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets:

MS has its priorities for its business model: <snip> 6. Technical excellence

It's that high on the list?

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