[pmwiki-users] Srolling boxes

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 10:31:10PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 12:46:00PM +1000, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> > On second thought, having size in ems is possibly the second-best, with
> > having the size as a percentage probably better.  Because what one
> > *wants* is something which fits the size of their screen, yes?
> 
> Unfortunately, from my tests using width as a percentage doesn't
> seem to help here -- IE expects an absolute size for the box
> or else it just ignores it entirely.

Ah, yes, I had a nagging feeling there was a problem with percentages
for overflow...
 
> > If only overflow=auto worked for all browsers. (sigh)
> 
> Actually, I'd much prefer that overflow=visible worked for all
> browsers.  I don't mind if content of long lines spills off to 
> the right of the display, I only mind when it causes the 
> *entire page* to adopt the width of the longest line.

Unfortunately, overflow=visible seems to work for even fewer browsers
than overflow=auto.

Kathryn Andersen
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