Problem with IE 6

J

JeffV

I have the following CSS code, this code works great in FF and IE7 (as
expected) however IE 6 chokes on it. I think the issue is the line
that states: "position: absolute; left: 520px;". When I take that
line out IE 6 works however, the image is not positioned to my
liking... Can anyone please suggest a fix? HTML code below CSS:

#detailsHelp a {
border-bottom: 1px dashed #FEB14C;
text-decoration: none;
position: absolute; left: 520px;
}

#detailsHelp a:hover {
/* position: absolute; */
}

#detailsHelp a span {
display: none;
}

#detailsHelp a:hover span {
display: block;
position: absolute; top: 10px; left: -250px;
/* formatting only styles */
padding: 5px; margin: 10px; z-index: 100;
background: #eee; border: 1px dashed #FEB14C;
opacity: 0.9;
width: 250px;
color: #1A315F;

font-size:small;
font-weight: bold;
text-align:left;
/* end formatting */
}


HTML snippet:

<span id='detailsHelp'>
<a href='#'><img src='images/information.gif' border='0' alt='Bringing
God to your online life!'/>
<span><center>About this Page:</center><br/>
Text Goes here!<br/><br/>
Text Goes here!<br/><br/>
Text Goes here!<br/><br/>
Text Goes here!
</span>
</a>
</span>
<br/>

Thanks for any and all help!

Jeff
http://www.godsurfer.com/
 
J

JeffV

A url with a minimal test case, validated, with a proper doctype will
increase your chances of getting help.

Fair enough:

Test Case A: (Works in all browsers but the Information Button isn't
properly placed)

http://www.godsurfer.com/addStory.php

Test Case B: (Works in FF and IE 7 only - Information Button is placed
correctly)

http://www.godsurfer.com/details.php?id=221

Doc Type:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
D

dorayme

JeffV said:
Fair enough:

Test Case A: (Works in all browsers but the Information Button isn't
properly placed)

http://www.godsurfer.com/addStory.php

Test Case B: (Works in FF and IE 7 only - Information Button is placed
correctly)

http://www.godsurfer.com/details.php?id=221

Doc Type:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

First thing, I guess, to look at is:

<http://tinyurl.com/22jdrx>

You can check both your url's above at <http://validator.w3.org/>
 
K

Knut Krueger

Hi to all is there a possibility to install the IE6 additionally to IE7
or maybe in the future IE6/7/8

REgards Knut
 
J

Jeremy J Starcher

Hi to all is there a possibility to install the IE6 additionally to IE7
or maybe in the future IE6/7/8

REgards Knut

Under Windows I use one of the virtual machines (either vmware or
virtualbox) and install an older copy of windows in it. Its not hard to
find someone with a retail version of 98 that you can snag from them for
a few coins.

Under Linux I sometimes use "ies4linux." the beta version can install IE
5.5, 6 and 7. (If you modify the source you can also get IE1 and a few
other ancient versions.)

They aren't 100% accurate -- they fall apart with a lot of plug ins, but
for most of my testing, I find it a very comfortable option.
 

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