div widths in NN4

[mrhatch]

All,

I have a script which writes a div tag for a text based banner at the top of the page. something like this:

<div class="blueback">test</div>

In the style I set the background color to blue, text color to yellow and the box width to 100%.

The problem is that in NN4 I only get a box the size of the text that was typed in. While in IE I get the 100% width box. I would like to have them both 100% as it looks more consistent with the rest of the page. Any ideas on how to get NN4 whiped into shape?

R

Mike H.

[vgarcia]

Is there any reason you still have to work with NN4? I just tend to serve it a very plain stylesheet.

[mrhatch]

Is there any reason you still have to work with NN4? I just tend to serve it a very plain stylesheet.

Unfortunately, I am working on a large Intranet that still has a lot of NN4 being used on it. I end up supporting NN4+ and IE4+ Talk about making my head hurt. Due to the size it will probably take at least 3 more years before they have modernized all of it.

That being said does anyone have any ideas on how this can be done?

[vgarcia]

Try placing the style inline (in the <div>'s "style" attribute), which seems to work a little more reliably in NN4.

[mrhatch]

Try placing the style inline (in the <div>'s "style" attribute), which seems to work a little more reliably in NN4.

Nice thought, however no joy. The width attribute of the div is totally ignored by NN4....

[mrhatch]

Ok I was finally able to find a solution. It seems that I had to add border: none; to the style and poof!!! Netscape made my div wider...not quite the same as it is in IE but close enuf for government work!