White background for body div in IE?

[RDFrame]

Hey guys,

I'm sure this is a simple question, but any advice would be greatly appreciated. If you goto:

http://www.rdframe.com/dev/

Don't worry, it's obviously a work in progress. In Firefox the entire body section of the page has a white background, but in IE it's transparent. When viewing in IE, there's no white background at all, and it just shows through to the page's background image.

The body section is nested in a "bodyBox" div, and for Firefox is just "height: 100%" to fill the background with white. How do I accomplish the same in IE?

Thanks!

[Centauri]

Height 100% of what ? - A percentage height referes to the height of a parent element that has a height set. As none of the parents (#wrapper, body, or html) have a height set, then there is nothing to calculate the 100% on. Actually, I'm surprised you are getting the results you are in Firefox.

If you don't absolutely position the contents, instead letting them position naturally using margins and floats, then the #bodyBox div can be allowed to surround the content without having to set a height.

[Chroniclemaster1]

height:100% is a highly unstable option as you're finding out. I agree with Centauri, don't use it if you don't have to.

Place the content you want to be in the body inside the div, #bodyBox and set the background to #FFFFFF. You should need only minor tweaks from there.