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  1. Dec 9, 2004, 05:42 #1
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    IE adds extra line break in <li> elements!

    Hi,

    I'm trying to make a menu base on nested lists but I run in to some problems when viewing the menu in IE.

    In Firefox everything works fine but IE adds an extra line break after the <a> element within the <li> elements. What am I doing wrong?


    Here's the source(try it in browser to see what I mean):

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL//SV">
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
    <style type="text/css">

    li {
    font-family: Verdana;
    list-style-type: none;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    border-color: #FFFFFF;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 1px 0px 0px 0px;
    border-bottom-width: 0px;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    }
    ul {
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    }
    a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    display: block;
    background-color: #993399;
    }
    /* Level 1 */
    ul {
    background-color: #6D6D6D;
    }
    ul li a{
    font-size: 22px;
    padding: 3px 10px 3px 8px;
    }
    /* Level 2 */
    ul li ul {
    background-color: #999999;
    }
    ul li ul li a{
    font-size: 15px;
    padding: 4px 10px 4px 18px;
    }
    /* Level 3 */
    ul li ul li ul {
    background-color: #999999;
    }
    ul li ul li ul li {
    background-color: #339933;
    }
    ul li ul li ul li a{
    font-size: 10px;
    padding: 4px 10px 4px 30px;
    }
    </style>
    <title>Three level menu (no javascript yet)</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <ul>
    <li>
    <a href="#">AAA</a>
    <ul>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Aettan</a></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Atvåan</a></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Atrean</a></li>
    </ul></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">BBB</a></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">CCC</a>
    <ul>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Cettan</a></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Ctvåan</a>
    <ul>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Cettan111</a></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Ctvåan222</a></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Ctrean333</a></li>
    </ul></li>
    <li>
    <a href="#">Ctrean</a></li>
    </ul></li>
    </ul>
    </body>
    </html>
  2. Dec 9, 2004, 05:56 #2
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    Hey, another Swede!

    Try removing the whitespace in your list markup. IE will incorrectly render leading and trailing whitespace with an <li>, and since you <a> is set to display as a block-level element, IE will render a space and then put the <a> on a separate line.

    You may even have to remove the whitespace between <li> elements.
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  3. Dec 9, 2004, 07:28 #3
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    Hi,

    This is the old "layout" probelm of IE. Just add this code to the end of the stylesheet.
    Code:
    /* commented backslash hack v2 \*/ 
* html li, * html a {height:1%}
/* end hack */
    This will force ie to behave.

    Paul
  4. Dec 9, 2004, 07:30 #4
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    Alternatively, if you don't like using hacks (although this could be classed as a hack) just add a space before the closing anchor on each list item.
    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL//SV">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
li {
font-family: Verdana;
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
border-color: #FFFFFF;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px 0px 0px 0px;
border-bottom-width: 0px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
ul {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
display: block;
background-color: #993399;
}
/* Level 1 */
ul {
background-color: #6D6D6D;
}
ul li a{
font-size: 22px;
padding: 3px 10px 3px 8px;
}
/* Level 2 */
ul li ul {
background-color: #999999;
}
ul li ul li a{
font-size: 15px;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 18px;
}
/* Level 3 */
ul li ul li ul {
background-color: #999999;
}
ul li ul li ul li {
background-color: #339933;
}
ul li ul li ul li a{
font-size: 10px;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 30px;
}
</style>
<title>Three level menu (no javascript yet)</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
  <li> <a href="#">AAA</a> 
	<ul>
	  <li> <a href="#">Aettan </a></li>
   <li> <a href="#">Atvåan </a></li>
   <li> <a href="#">Atrean </a></li>
	</ul>
  </li>
  <li> <a href="#">BBB </a></li>
  <li> <a href="#">CCC </a> 
	<ul>
	  <li> <a href="#">Cettan </a></li>
	  <li> <a href="#">Ctvåan </a> 
		<ul>
		  <li> <a href="#">Cettan111 </a></li>
		  <li> <a href="#">Ctvåan222 </a></li>
		  <li> <a href="#">Ctrean333 </a></li>
		</ul>
	  </li>
	  <li> <a href="#">Ctrean </a></li>
	</ul>
  </li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
    Copy the code exactly and don't reformat.

    Paul
  5. Dec 14, 2004, 01:31 #5
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    thanks

    it worked out fine with removing whitespace.

    the line-height hack left me with some beauty stains however.
  6. Dec 14, 2004, 02:25 #6
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    Hi,

    You need the height:1% hack if yoy want moz and ie to be the same. Just removing the whitespace won't do it. IE needs to have layout forced on it and that can only be done by adding one of the properties that force layout and the height:1% is the best for this.

    This page is more or less exactly the sam in firefox and ie.
    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL//SV">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
li {
font-family: Verdana;
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
border-color: #FFFFFF;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px 0px 0px 0px;
border-bottom-width: 0px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
ul {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
display: block;
background-color: #993399;
}
/* Level 1 */
ul {
background-color: #6D6D6D;
}
ul li a{
font-size: 22px;
padding: 3px 10px 3px 8px;
}
/* Level 2 */
ul li ul {
background-color: #999999;
}
ul li ul li a{
font-size: 15px;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 18px;
}
/* Level 3 */
ul li ul li ul {
background-color: #999999;
}
ul li ul li ul li {
background-color: #339933;
}
ul li ul li ul li a{
font-size: 10px;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 30px;
}
/* commented backslash hack v2 \*/ 
* html li, * html a {height:1%}
/* end hack */ 
</style>
<title>Three level menu (no javascript yet)</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
  <li> <a href="#">AAA</a> 
 <ul>
   <li> <a href="#">Aettan</a></li>
   <li> <a href="#">Atvåan</a></li>
   <li> <a href="#">Atrean</a></li>
 </ul>
  </li>
  <li> <a href="#">BBB</a></li>
  <li> <a href="#">CCC</a> 
 <ul>
   <li> <a href="#">Cettan</a></li>
   <li> <a href="#">Ctvåan</a> 
  <ul>
	<li> <a href="#">Cettan111</a></li>
	<li> <a href="#">Ctvåan222</a></li>
	<li> <a href="#">Ctrean333</a></li>
  </ul>
   </li>
   <li> <a href="#">Ctrean</a></li>
 </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
    All I've added is the height:1% hack. Copy my code and check it out before you change it to confirm it works

    More info here:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../haslayout.asp

    Paul
  7. Dec 14, 2004, 06:47 #7
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    Off Topic:

    Your doctype should not be:
    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL//SV">
    It should be:
    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL//EN">
    The HTML DOCTYPEs were written in English
  8. Dec 14, 2004, 06:57 #8
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    How do you know s/he hasn't translated it?

    Also, it should be
    HTML Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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  9. Dec 14, 2004, 07:21 #9
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    just a brief note: sometimes I have found that setting padding-top: 1px; might fix it. Though, when you set to padding-top: 0px; it again adds those spaces.
  10. Dec 14, 2004, 07:25 #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by AutisticCuckoo
    How do you know s/he hasn't translated it?
    Without a URI reference I don't
    Quote Originally Posted by AutisticCuckoo
    Also, it should be
    HTML Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
    I know, I know. Maybe s/he wants quirksmode though

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