Re: Please help: layout (float?) problem in Netscape 6 (Windows)

by David Jones <dvjones(at)ksbe.edu>

 Date:  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:38:11 -1000
 To:  hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
 In-Reply-To:  metrokc
  todo: View Thread, Original
Hmm, looks fine here in Mozilla Firebird 0.7 ... I guess 
you (or Mozilla.org) fixed something.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu

On 5 Feb 2004, at 15:10, Peekstok, Anna wrote:

> I have a two-column page created with nested divs that is
> working fine in Explorer and Opera. Some time today while
> I was refining the code, it stopped working in Netscape 6
> (Windows). I've tried everything I can think of and just
> can't figure it out.
> 
> URL of a sample malfunctioning page:
> http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/aboutus/intransit/2003/03_may
> -jun_operator.stm
> 
> Style sheets:
> http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/style.css (generic to entire
> site)
> http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/aboutus/intransit/styles.css
> (specific to this sub-site; the problem is probably here)
> 
> Short summary and ASCII diagram of my problem:
> 
> Page design
> 1. one big div that makes a grey box 100% wide
> 2. a nested div that should create the left-hand column
> (135px wide, float: left) 3. a div that's nested inside
> the first div (but not the second) with a white background
> and a left margin of 144px.
> 
>   What I want:                      What Netscape shows:
> 
>   -----------------------------    
>   ----------------------------- |       |                 
>    |     |       |                   | | grey  | white box
>   with    |     | empty |  text   main page | |  box  |
>   main page content |     | grey  |  from   content   | |
>   with  |                   |     | box   |  grey   is
>   shoved | | text  |                   |     |       | 
>   box    over here | |       |                   |     |  
>       |         but wraps | |       |                   | 
>      |       |  at bottom like   | |       |              
>       |     |       |  this             | |       |       
>              |     |       |                   | |       |
>                     |     |       |                   | |
>   still |                   |     | still | still         
>      | |  grey | still white       |     |  grey | white  
>             |	 -----------------------------    
>   -----------------------------
> 
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> + + +
> Anna Peekstok
> King County Department of Transportation
> Community Relations and Communications
> 206-263-6482


 

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