firefox/css - border around body

[Rovin]

Hello,

I am trying to create a border around a frame.
So, in the CSS file I have defined:

body
{
...
border: solid 1px #555555;
}

In IE this works fine, but in FireFox it only works well with "height:
100%;" included, otherwise it just draws a border around the filled part
of the body. That however produces another problem. An ugly scrollbar to
the right which I only want if the content is too large.

Any ideas for a solution?

 

[Mark Parnell]

I am trying to create a border around a frame.

Tut, tut. Frames bad.

So, in the CSS file I have defined:

body
{
...
border: solid 1px #555555;
}

Um, that's a border around the body, not a frame. But at least that
means you're not using frames. Whew!

In IE this works fine,

Depends on your definition of "fine".

but in FireFox it only works well with "height:
100%;" included, otherwise it just draws a border around the filled part
of the body.

Possibly depends on whether you are triggering quirks or standards mode.
URL?

That however produces another problem. An ugly scrollbar to
the right which I only want if the content is too large.

As will your users.

Any ideas for a solution?

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