Comments on: IE and overflow: auto http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/ Sam Newman's blog Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: farlukar http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-2093 farlukar Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:22:02 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-2093 heh - new layout ate the pre tag... heh – new layout ate the pre tag…

]]> By: Lenny http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-313 Lenny Sun, 04 Jul 2004 22:16:45 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-313 i absolutely love you for that code!!! ahh ! lol absolutely great tip...i feel so stupid that i didn't think of it haha =D i absolutely love you for that code!!! ahh ! lol absolutely great tip…i feel so stupid that i didn’t think of it haha =D

]]> By: Sam http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-312 Sam Sun, 16 May 2004 23:36:34 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-312 Great tip - thanks Farlukar! In the end, I just assumed a fixed width for pre blocks, and IE correctly displays scrollbars, but your tip will be very useful if I go back to a liquid layout. Great tip – thanks Farlukar! In the end, I just assumed a fixed width for pre blocks, and IE correctly displays scrollbars, but your tip will be very useful if I go back to a liquid layout.

]]> By: farlukar http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-311 farlukar Sun, 16 May 2004 21:28:27 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/04/19/ie-and-overflow-auto/#comment-311 if you know how much of the screen it will NOT occupy (e.g. you've got 200px margins on each side) you can use <!--[If IE]>   <style type="text/css">   .overflowthingy{     width:expression(document.body.clientWidth-400);     overflow-x:auto;     overflow-y:hidden   }   </style> <![endif]--> It's ugly, but it works... if you know how much of the screen it will NOT occupy (e.g. you’ve got 200px margins on each side) you can use

It’s ugly, but it works…

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