I give up! What have I missed? (H. Scroll bar in IE)

[Joe]

Here's a page from a mate's vanity site at
http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/cots/recipe.htm
The CSS file is at
http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/top.css
I know I should be able to fix this, but my old-timers disease has
kicked in.
Can someone please help me get rid of the horizontal scroll bar that is
visible in IE?

 

[BootNic]

[snip]
Can someone please help me get rid of the horizontal scroll bar
that is visible in IE?

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

Class recipe text-align: justify;

Remove that text-align and it resolves the problem.

If you wish to use the text-align: justify; fix the text in the divs. Put the text
in a paragraph instead of using <br>.

Then you can use:

..recipe {
background: #fefefc;
color: #000;
font-family: sans-serif;
margin:1em 2em 1em 2em;
padding: 1em;
border: 1px groove #aa3;
}
..recipe p{
text-align: justify;
}

 

[Adrienne Boswell]

http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/cots/recipe.htm

OT - great sounding recipies - are they as good as they look?

 

[Jim Moe]

Here's a page from a mate's vanity site at
http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/cots/recipe.htm
[...]
Can someone please help me get rid of the horizontal scroll bar that is
visible in IE?

In the recipe for Apricot Sauce there is a footer for a HINT. That is
where the problem is. Something about the italics causes IE to
miscalculate the width. Changing the font-size makes no difference.
Wrap the HINT in a <p> (it should be that way anyhow) and set the width
to 99%: <p style="width: 99%">. Or better, create a style that expresses
the whole HINT idea.

 

[Paul Watt]

Here's a page from a mate's vanity site at
http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/cots/recipe.htm
The CSS file is at
http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/top.css
I know I should be able to fix this, but my old-timers disease has
kicked in.
Can someone please help me get rid of the horizontal scroll bar that is
visible in IE?

You're not closing your <li> tags. I dont know if thats going to effect your
horizontal problem, but IE's a funny beast.

 

[dorayme]

Here's a page from a mate's vanity site at
http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/cots/recipe.htm
[...]
Can someone please help me get rid of the horizontal scroll bar that is
visible in IE?

In the recipe for Apricot Sauce there is a footer for a HINT. That is
where the problem is. Something about the italics causes IE to
miscalculate the width. ...

Italics are known to cause IE some calculation problems; see, for
example http://nemesis1.f2o.org/aarchive?id=11 where the use of
italics is listed as one of the causes of "float drop" in IE.

 

[Joe]

[snip]
Can someone please help me get rid of the horizontal scroll bar
that is visible in IE?

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

Class recipe text-align: justify;

Remove that text-align and it resolves the problem.

If you wish to use the text-align: justify; fix the text in the divs. Put the text
in a paragraph instead of using <br>.

You're a legend. Thanks for that.

 

[Toby Inkster]

You're not closing your <li> tags. I dont know if thats going to effect your
horizontal problem, but IE's a funny beast.

The end tag for LI elements is optional:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html#edef-LI

 

[Joe]

Here's a page from a mate's vanity site at
http://members.aardvark.net.au/grakat/recipe05/cots/recipe.htm
[...]
Can someone please help me get rid of the horizontal scroll bar that is
visible in IE?

In the recipe for Apricot Sauce there is a footer for a HINT. That is
where the problem is. Something about the italics causes IE to
miscalculate the width. Changing the font-size makes no difference.
Wrap the HINT in a <p> (it should be that way anyhow) and set the width
to 99%: <p style="width: 99%">. Or better, create a style that expresses
the whole HINT idea.

Thank you!! I have now coded the page properly - and surprise - it
works. I should have done it that way in the beginning.

 

[Joe]

You're not closing your <li> tags. I dont know if thats going to effect your
horizontal problem, but IE's a funny beast.

Thanks Paul.

 

[Joe]

OT - great sounding recipies - are they as good as they look?

Absolutely! All tried and true. Of course, the apricot recipes are best
made with Australian apricots - best of all from my own orchard!

Have you looked at
the "Farm favourites"? - although I don't know if you get 'roo meat
where you are.

 

[Adrienne Boswell]

Absolutely! All tried and true. Of course, the apricot recipes are best
made with Australian apricots - best of all from my own orchard!

Have you looked at
the "Farm favourites"? - although I don't know if you get 'roo meat
where you are.

Sadly, we don't, or at least, I don't think we do. I live in Los Angeles
in the United States where 'roo meat is still considered Roo, as in Kanga's
son in Pooh's Heffalump Movie. But, I've heard its quite tasty.

 

[Mark Parnell]

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Adrienne Boswell

Sadly, we don't, or at least, I don't think we do. I live in Los Angeles
in the United States

A quick Google search doesn't seem to indicate that it is available.

where 'roo meat is still considered Roo, as in Kanga's
son in Pooh's Heffalump Movie. But, I've heard its quite tasty.

Kangaroo is delicious. It's got a really rich flavour. There's little
better than a barbecued kangaroo steak.

 

[frederick]

I live in Los Angeles
in the United States where 'roo meat is still considered Roo, as in Kanga's
son in Pooh's Heffalump Movie.

I have a notion that roo meat is actually illegal in California.

Not that it's on every Australian restaurant's menu...!

 

[dorayme]

I have a notion that roo meat is actually illegal in California.

Not that it's on every Australian restaurant's menu...!

Almost no one eats it in Australia. Few even have tried it.

 

[Mark Parnell]

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, dorayme

Almost no one eats it in Australia. Few even have tried it.

It's certainly rare on restaurant menus. But it's not too hard to find
at butchers or supermarkets. How many people actually eat it I don't
know.

 

[frederick]

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, dorayme


It's certainly rare on restaurant menus. But it's not too hard to find
at butchers or supermarkets. How many people actually eat it I don't
know.

Depends quite a bit on which state, I think. Relatively common in SA?

 

[Joe]

Almost no one eats it in Australia. Few even have tried it.

Certainly not true in my part of Australia. (Rural South Oz). If you
haven't tried it and you can get some, do yourself a favour ...

 

[Mark Parnell]

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Joe

Certainly not true in my part of Australia. (Rural South Oz).

It's about time we had another Aussie from out in the sticks. ;-) Since
brucie left, we've been lacking in that department.

BTW: Is it just me, or is your X-Face broken?

 

[frederick]

Certainly not true in my part of Australia. (Rural South Oz). If you
haven't tried it and you can get some, do yourself a favour ...

It's sadly been a few years since I've been in that part of the world,
but I seem to recall it being pretty common in supermarkets in SA, both
urban and rural.