Comments on: Still Having Difficulties With Floats In IE? Try Using Borders or Padding Instead of Margin http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating Impeccable Code | Beautiful Design Thu, 13 May 2010 19:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sheriar Designs http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating/comment-page-1#comment-213279 Sheriar Designs Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:15:10 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating#comment-213279 Hi Sarah - I usually use transitional, because clients want the ability to open links in new windows without losing validation. But my site is coded using strict. Hi Sarah – I usually use transitional, because clients want the ability to open links in new windows without losing validation. But my site is coded using strict.

]]> By: sarah http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating/comment-page-1#comment-213276 sarah Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:04:46 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating#comment-213276 hi mani! floats do drive me mad. and designing them so that they work across browsers is harder than climbing a rock wall (for me). thanks for the tips! btw, when you code a xhtml doc, do you use "transitional" or "strict" mostly? i'm unsure as to when to use what. hi mani! floats do drive me mad. and designing them so that they work across browsers is harder than climbing a rock wall (for me). thanks for the tips!
btw, when you code a xhtml doc, do you use “transitional” or “strict” mostly? i’m unsure as to when to use what.

]]> By: Jake http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating/comment-page-1#comment-4194 Jake Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:57:11 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating#comment-4194 Great tip! Floats drive me crazy! Great tip! Floats drive me crazy!

]]> By: David Hucklesby http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating/comment-page-1#comment-3949 David Hucklesby Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:17:23 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/use-borders-or-padding-instead-of-margins-when-floating#comment-3949 Three years ago I came across this advice from Eric Meyer: "Whether floating or positioning a column, browser bugs make it almost a requirement that you place the column's DIV without any border, padding, margin, or background. Simply use the DIV as an invisible construct inside which you place elements that have whatever borders, margins, and so on they need." Not ideal, as it introduces extra DIVs. But another alternative you may find useful. Three years ago I came across this advice from Eric Meyer:

“Whether floating or positioning a column, browser bugs make it almost a requirement that you place the column’s DIV without any border, padding, margin, or background. Simply use the DIV as an invisible construct inside which you place elements that have whatever borders, margins, and so on they need.”

Not ideal, as it introduces extra DIVs. But another alternative you may find useful.

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