"Width": IE vs Firefox

[wetodit]

Hi everyone,
I have a technical question regarding a css attribute.
How come that when using something simple like this:

#BLAH {
width: 200px;
}

IE will stretch the width if an item is bigger, but Firefox keeps the width at 200? Do I need to specify an absolute position for it to not stretch in either case?
Thanks!
wetodit

 

[cLFlaVA]

what type of element is #blah?
do you have a complete doctype?

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[Vragabond]

You have to curse Microsoft for not following standards. If you specify [tt]width: 200px;[/tt], the element should stay 200px regardless of the contents. M$ messed up their browser and this property in IE behaves just like [tt]min-width: 200px;[/tt] in standards-compliant browsers. What type of content is stretching your element and why can't you do something to avoid it?

 

[davyfitz]

I had a similar problem a while back and ended up using an IFRAME inside a 200px wide table cell. Think this worked in FF and IE!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Try adding "overflow: hidden;".

Hope this helps,
Dan


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