Comments on: Handling an Explicit-Width Bug in Internet Explorer http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/ Things that Eric A. Meyer, CSS expert, writes about on his personal Web site; it's largely Web standards and Web technology, but also various bits of culture, politics, personal observations, and other miscellaneous stuff Fri, 10 May 2013 11:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alan Gresley http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-477996 Alan Gresley Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:48:18 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-477996 Hello Eric,

Interesting IE7- bug. I did a little test and found that if the text within the span also warps to a second line, then the bug disappears.

]]> By: vancouver web design http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-468583 vancouver web design Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:59:17 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-468583 What would we do with our time if we couldn’t spend it fixing IE rendering chaos?

Good job on the workaround, I’ve added it to the toolbox.

Ben

]]> By: Jenny http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-455844 Jenny Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:43:29 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-455844 Eric,
sounds a little bit like the known bug IE percentage bugs documented at PIE. Also known to show up with the ALA ‘holy grail’ layout, and a fix for it is discussed http://www.satzansatz.de.
Usually shows up as the ‘jump’ when you hover over something in IE…

While page flow, percentages [..] skip one generation in IE. Children respect their grandparents.

]]> By: Max Design - standards based web design, development and training » Some links for light reading (14/4/09) http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-455725 Max Design - standards based web design, development and training » Some links for light reading (14/4/09) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:58:51 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-455725 [...] Handling an Explicit-Width Bug in Internet Explorer [...]

]]> By: David Naylor http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-455666 David Naylor Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:43:31 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-455666 When I saw your post I was hoping you’d found the cause of this bug:

http://davidnaylor.org/blog/2008/09/ie8-and-max-width.html

Perhaps you already know about that one and what is causing it? Would be really greatful for any input.

]]> By: Tim Kadlec http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-455480 Tim Kadlec Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:55:32 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-455480 Just when you think you’ve found them all already…

Thanks for the write-up! This serves as a great example of how web developers should be approaching bugs when we come across them. Experimentation followed by documentation.

]]> By: Andy Pemberton http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-455473 Andy Pemberton Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:29:55 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-455473 That’s why we should Save IE6.

]]> By: Guy Incognito http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-455128 Guy Incognito Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:48:00 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-455128 Wow. I’ve never seen or heard of that one before either?! IE really is the gift that keeps on giving eh?

]]> By: Dan Wilkinson http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/04/11/handling-an-explicit-width-bug-in-internet-explorer/#comment-455126 Dan Wilkinson Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:32:29 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/?p=1112#comment-455126 “ever-awesome”?! You’re too kind! Nice explanation of exactly what was going on here…and again, wonderful work on the survey as a whole.

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