Re: IE 6 and percentage heights in images

by Nate Harel <nharel(at)consultant.com>

 Date:  Thu, 06 Sep 2001 10:30:49 -0400
 To:  "Data Driven Design" <jeff(at)datadrivendesign.com>
 Cc:  "Chuck Evans" <chuck.evans(at)click2learn.com>, "'HWG Techniques'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 References:  asymetrix
  todo: View Thread, Original
Chuck ,

Is there a way to make <hr> vertical?

Nate


At 9/6/2001 09:08 AM, Data Driven Design wrote:
>You can use an <hr> in the same way, width and size are the attributes to
>control it's dimensions. Add a style attribute and you can make it look like
>whatever you want.
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chuck Evans" <chuck.evans(at)click2learn.com>
>To: "'HWG Techniques'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:36 PM
>Subject: IE 6 and percentage heights in images
>
>
> > I've got an image on my site that is 1 pixel wide by 100% high. In IE5.x,
>it
> > displays nicely as a vertical rule extending the entire height of the
>table
> > cell it is in.
> >
> > Something like:
> >
> > <.img src="blah.gif" width="1" height="100%">
> >
> > Now, IE 6 comes along and the "rule" no longer works (pun intended). (It
> > doesn't display in NN 4.x either, but I've been able to live with that.)
> > Unfortunately, I expect IE6 to gain browser share quickly, so I'd like a
> > work-around.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > (By the way, the browscap.ini file is a wonderful thing, paired with IIS
>5's
> > MSWC.BrowserType object. I use it to provide IE6 users with their own
> > stylesheet to overcome Microsoft's friggin' decision to now make
> > align="center" the default for td's.)
> >
> > Chuck Evans
> > Webmaster
> > Click2learn, Inc.
> > http://home.click2learn.com
> >


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