Hello,

I try to figure out, how I can define a div (using css) which is spread over
the whole page. The example below is how I think it should work, but when
using the Internet Explorer it doesn't work - the margin-left and
margin-right of the body is always subtracted from the width, and the div
is displayed in the top-left corner, but it does not fill the full
page-width - a white space on the right side (margin-left + marging-right)
of the body is shown (in IE and Opera). Mozilla, Firebird, Konqueror show
the div correctly.

div.full{
____position:_absolute;
____top:_0px;_left:_0px;_width:100%;_right:auto;
__}

Does anybody know a workaround for IE, or is it really impossible to set a
div to 100% width when the body contains a margin?

Greetings
--
Anita Meyer
anita.meyer@aon.at

If you are talking about IE 5.5, that is how it works.  There are hacks to
get around it.  Look at http://glish.com/css/hacks.asp.

If you are just interested in IE6, you can use a doctype to make it stop
using "quirks mode" (IE5.5 compatibility) and force it into standards mode.
Look at http://www.hut.fi/~hsivonen/doctype.html.

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Jim McMaster
mailto: jim.mcmaster@comcast.net
"Anita Meyer" <anita.meyer@aon.at> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I try to figure out, how I can define a div (using css) which is spread
over
> the whole page. The example below is how I think it should work, but when
> using the Internet Explorer it doesn't work - the margin-left and
> margin-right of the body is always subtracted from the width, and the div
> is displayed in the top-left corner, but it does not fill the full
> page-width - a white space on the right side (margin-left + marging-right)
> of the body is shown (in IE and Opera). Mozilla, Firebird, Konqueror show
> the div correctly.
>
> div.full{
> position: absolute;
> top: 0px; left: 0px; width:100%; right:auto;
> }
>
> Does anybody know a workaround for IE, or is it really impossible to set a
> div to 100% width when the body contains a margin?
>
> Greetings
> --
> Anita Meyer
> anita.meyer@aon.at