Weird CSS bug or just my lack of understanding or proper use?

by "Keith D Sellars" <Keith(at)webgraffix.com>

 Date:  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:31:19 -0500
 To:  <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
Something has just driven me crazy (at least to the brink of sanity), but
I've finally figured it out.

I was using:
<style type="text/css">
<!--
BODY { padding-left : 0px; padding-right : 0px; MARGIN: 0pt}
--!>
</style>

... as a style definition for the body of my page.

Is it not allowed to include "MARGIN" in the same declaration for the body
as the "padding-left" and "padding-right? or should I simply not include
MARGIN at all?  If the BODY declaration is listed as per above, and you
insert a comment tag ANYWHERE in the page, the contents of the page will not
display at all.  If, however, you move "MARGIN" to a separate body
declaration (and wind up with 2 which may not be a good idea), then the page
DOES display.

For instance:
BODY {
 SCROLLBAR-BASE-COLOR: #5A5A5A;
 padding-left : 0px;
 padding-right : 0px;
}
BODY {MARGIN: 0pt}

... will work just fine.

What would be the correct way of doing this? (making sure that I have zero
margins set in the style definition)

Thanks,
Keith D Sellars
WebGraffix
www.webgraffix.com

"Making database sites seem easy"

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