* html>body hack?

[Bryan]

Hi All,

I came across this CSS while researching CSS only (no tables) layouts:

* html>body .clearfix {
display: inline-block;
width: 100%;
}

What browser is that targeting?

My understanding is that * html targets any version of IE, and that
html body is ignored by IE 6 and below.

Isn't this a contradiction? I've tried IE7, IE6, Firefox 1.5, Opera 9
and Safari 2 -- none of them process this rule.

What browser will recognize it?

- Bryan

[Bergamot]

Bryan wrote:

>
* html>body .clearfix {
display: inline-block;
}

What browser is that targeting?

Mac IE

WinIE to v6 and MacIE support *html. WinIE doesn't support child
selectors, though, so only MacIE applies those rules.

BTW, display:inline-block in MacIE is commonly set for stretching a
float's container.

--
Berg

[Bryan]

On Mar 9, 7:38 pm, Bergamot <[e-mail]:

Mac IE

WinIE to v6 and MacIE support *html. WinIE doesn't support child
selectors, though, so only MacIE applies those rules.

BTW, display:inline-block in MacIE is commonly set for stretching a
float's container.

--
Berg

Excellent! Thank you for that tip, Berg.