Comments on: CSS fix for the double margin float bug in IE6

By: dijonyumm

dijonyumm — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:03:04 +0000

Very shorts, simple and easy to understand, bet some more comments from your side would be great

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:04:54 +0000

Instead of using display:inline or if statement there is an easier and safer solution: using this simple js bug fix http://www.programmatorephp.it/jquery/ie6-double-margin-hack.php
Other solutions have some side effects.

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By: campuscodi

campuscodi — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:01:47 +0000

you can find a good answer to your dilemma here: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/7301.htm

By: Bill Brown

Bill Brown — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:59:30 +0000

Using display:inline is cross-browser friendly. Floated elements are treated as block-level by all browsers and specifying something like:

div
{
display:inline; /* cancel IE double margin bug */
float:left;
margin-left:20px;
}

…should work fine in all browsers.

By: M

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:59:40 +0000

Can you give any example where “display:inline;” causes problems in different browsers?

By: Dan Hiester

Dan Hiester — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:50:35 +0000

This all ties into a specific internal value in IE6 called hasLayout… which, in the era of lolcats and I Can Has Cheezburger, is absolutely delicious. I personally leave a comment in my IE6 stylesheet that says, “IE6 can hasLayout.”

By: Phil Brighton

Phil Brighton — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:50:47 +0000

Thanks Dustin

Found an issue with a web and IE6, your info rapidily fixed the issue.

Phil

By: Bill Brown

Bill Brown — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:56:05 +0000

I was under the impression that floated elements are treated as display:block regardless of what you specify in your stylesheet. Don’t other browsers simply ignore display:inline and treat the float as a block?

I’ve used this approach for a few years now and haven’t seen any drawbacks. Which browsers produce unexpected results?

By: katalyst

katalyst — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:34 +0000

omg finally

bigtime thank you! i’ve been looking for a solution and yours works for me.