Why doesn't text show up in IE?

[Phil-man]

I've taken a page and stripped it down in an effort to pinpoint this problem.

Here's the URL: http://www.michlink.com/test_page.php

In IE, the H2 and P text are invisible. If I click near the upper left hand corner and drag across and down, the text appears. But if I go to another tab on my desktop, or even another IE tab, and then return, it's gone again.

It doesn't do this in Firefox.

Any idea what's going on? Thanks!

[Stomme poes]

You didn't say which IE this was, but without looking at your page, my very first thought was the Usual Suspect: Haslayout.

Are you familiar with it? In IE6 it could make make lots of things disappear: backgrounds, text, floated menu items. Sometimes an action like hovering or clicking would make something appear or disappear.

IE7's not so bad, but also has HasLayout.
Two links for interesting reading:
haslayout.net

and the more filled out version:
satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html

[Phil-man]

Sorry. I have IE 7. I will check out those links. Thank you.

[Phil-man]

Well, I "solved" the problem by wrapping the disappearing content in a new div and styling the div with "zoom: 1.0". Seems like a ridiculous thing to have to do, but it works and I guess that's all I care about for right now...

Thanks again for the info/links.