position problem in IE 6

**monicasaha** · 12-12-2008, 07:35 AM

can anybody tell me how can I make IE 6 understand the "position".. i.e

Code:

postion:fixed, absolute;

whatever?

**Snookerman** · 12-12-2008, 08:04 AM

I think you are looking for the star html hack. Here is an article that might be helpful:

http://ryanfait.com/resources/fixed-positioning-in-internet-explorer/

**monicasaha** · 12-12-2008, 09:05 AM

thanks snookerman.

but it does not work. IE 6 cannot understand that hacking u have suggested in the url.

i want to make my div position fixed. in all browsers.but i failed to do that in IE 6 .
can anybody help me..

**marynorn** · 12-12-2008, 10:40 AM

Code:

position:absolute;

This works for me in IE6 and all the other browsers I test in (IE7, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Avant, Maxthon)

The boxes I have look like this:

Code:

#info1 {
	position:absolute;
	top:250px;
	left:525px;
	width:200px;
	background:url(../images/bg.png);
	border:thin solid #999999;
	padding: 5px;
	font-size:0.8em;
}

**monicasaha** · 12-12-2008, 12:06 PM

i wanna use position fixed . I cannot make it out in IE 6 only..is there any tricks to do that?

**Snookerman** · 12-12-2008, 02:52 PM

I suggest you take a look at the link I provided again. Using position absolute with the hack will act as position fixed in IE6.

If you could please post a link to your site I could try to fix your problem (pun not intended

).

**kaushal76** · 12-16-2008, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by marynorn

Code:

position:absolute;

This works for me in IE6 and all the other browsers I test in (IE7, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Avant, Maxthon)

The boxes I have look like this:

Code:

#info1 {
	position:absolute;
	top:250px;
	left:525px;
	background:url(../images/bg.png);
	border:thin solid #999999;
	padding: 5px;
	font-size:0.8em;
}

just remove width and try it...

**monicasaha** · 12-22-2008, 01:26 PM

Actually i wanted to make a div position fixed in all browsers.. including IE 6, if I scoll the page vertically.. i want to make the div in the same place as it did in firefox.. but all these tricks failed in IE 6. can anybody help??

**Snookerman** · 12-22-2008, 03:12 PM

If you look at my last post in this thread you can see a simple example of fixed positioning that works in all browsers including IE6 using the html star hack:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?p=175559

I'm sure you can rewrite it to work on your site, good luck!

Edit: Just noticed that post was for you as well