Problems width min height for a div In NS, Moz...

[hzr]

I have an absolute positioned div which a have specified a height for. The div contains text, but if the text takes up more space than the height I specified, the text continue, but the div doesn't widen out in Netscape 6, Mozilla and Opera. Works in Internet Explorer though. I suspect that Internet Explorer is the on that handles it wrong.
But how do I get rid of this, when I want to have a minimum width for the div.

You can see the problem here:
http://hzr.dzygn.com/usersettings.html

If you want to take a look in the CSS file, it's located here:
http://hzr.dzygn.com/layout.css

Thanks in advance!

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Edited by - hzr on 24 June 2002 15:28:13

[ttrenka]

ummm, I'm not seeing which div it is that is absolutely positioned, but I'm assuming you're talking about your "main" class...
<pre id=code><font face=courier size=2 id=code>.main {
width: 640px;
height: 530px;
color: black;
margin-top: -2px;
background: white url(bg.jpg) no-repeat bottom left;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 2px;
font: 11px verdana, arial, sans-serif;
text-align: left;
}</font id=code></pre id=code>

add this to the definition :
<pre id=code><font face=courier size=2 id=code>overflow : auto ;</font id=code></pre id=code>

and you should be good to go.

[Mark]

if you put the div in a container which has the background set, and then the text div w/ height:auto; the container should get the same height as the content and if the height of the content is less than 400px it's still 400px heigh.

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[hzr]

Aha, the div was absolutely positioned before, but I've removed it now w/out remembering it, hehe.
And thanks, I will try your tips

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[hzr]

Tom, I tried your tip, but if I use overflow: [whatever]; in the 'main' div the menu f***s up.
I will try Neos tip and try a little on my own, thanks anyway!

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[ttrenka]

gotta love the incompatibilites with the browsers....joy.

At least it's a major improvement over the differences between NN4 and IE4....

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