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Posted by Randall on May 7, 2008, 3:28 pm
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> > I am trying to create an filled rectangle using thedivtag that is 5
> > pixels high. It appears to be taller than 5 pixels unless I use the
> >OVERFLOW: HIDDEN attribute.
>
> > Since theDIVis empty, why do I need the overflow attribute?
>
> > HTML to follow shows two divs that are identical except for the
> >overflowattribute. The one with theoverflowattribute appears the
> > way I expect, but the other one does not.
>
> > Can someone please explain in detail if theoverflowis necessary and
> > why, or how to achieve the same result withoutoverflow?
>
> It shouldn't be necessary. They should both be 5px high, and they seem
> to be in Firefox.
>
> What browser are you testing in?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> > Randy
>
> ><style type=3D"text/css">
> ><!--
> >div.tooTall{
> > left: 10; width: 300px; position: relative; top: 40px; height: 5px;
> > border: 1px solid #000; background: blue;
> > }
>
> Should be left: 10px not 10 (although this doesn't solve your problem).
Good point. I've been testing in IE7 and Firefox 2, but forgot to
check this piece in Firefox. Firefox works well as you pointed out.
Any ideas for making it work in IE other than NOT using IE.
Randy
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