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xulu
08-13-2008, 05:40 AM
I can't figure out how to get IE7 to correctly apply the negative margin-top I have set for the "main-inner" div on this site (http://zakserver3.midphase.com/~minevan8/d6sandbox/). In Firefox 2, 3, and even IE 6, the main content area appears where I want, but in IE7, it's too far down the page.

Any ideas how to get IE7 to cooperate?

Thanks!

jscheuer1
08-13-2008, 06:32 AM
I can't really tell why. But if instead of applying the negative top margin to main-inner, you apply it to the two divisions (sidebar-left and content) immediately within main-inner, it looks like (IE 7 developer toolbar) it will work. This should also be fine in other browsers.

xulu
08-14-2008, 05:40 AM
jscheuer1,

Thanks for the idea! For some reason that threw off the floats, but it gave me the idea to add an additional inner div and for whatever reason I was able to add a negative margin to that.