why my div box cannot be lower than 21px? 1

[davikokar]

Hallo,
can div box be a hight lower than 21px. It seems not in my browser (Explorer 6).

div.menu_dot {height:5px;
width: 23px;
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:2px;
float:left;}

any idea?

thanks

 

[guitardave78]

What is in the div?

 

[davikokar]

is empty

 

[Foamcow]

If it's empty it should collapse to 0px height.

Even if there is a space in it then there is something.
Can you show the actual code you are using?

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[cLFlaVA]

Nah, it won't collapse to 0px height if it's empty. The way he's defined his div, it will always be 5px + 3px + 2px in height, for a total of 10px.

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[vongrunt]

In some cases (IE, width/float speficied) DIV inherits font size from parent element(s) even if there is nothing inside. Try with overflow-y: hidden; or font-size: somesmallvaluepx;.

 

[FesterSXS]

old post I know but vongrunt's suggestion to set the overflow-y: hidden worked a treat for me with a similar problem I was having - star for you

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