some ie5 weirdness to chew on...

[ReneB]

Hi,

There are several ways to center a box in ie 5... but it appears that standard methods and workarounds do not work in the following example...

I tried the following:

- margins fixed in px (this I would really prefer) - ie5 draws the box from the center. example: http://home.wanadoo.nl/renebraakman/pages/test1.html

- both margins auto, width in % - Works ok normally, but not in my case... example: http://home.wanadoo.nl/renebraakman/pages/test2.html

- 'position: relative' omitted - box centers, but does not accept my negative top positioning

Here's the problem, I have another box floating in the left. Now, my left margin is bigger than the right when I use automargins.

Am I overlooking something? Does anybody know why ie5 draws the box from the center when using fixed margins? Is there a workaround for that?

Otherwise, does anybody have an idea why the box is not centered when using automargins?

All examples work in mozilla, ie5:mac and ie6 (did not check automargins).

Thanks!

Rene Braakman
http://home.wanadoo.nl/renebraakman/

[Utopia]

This may or may not help you, but my favourite reference point for CSS is http://www.web-building.com/coding_css.php3

There is a sub-section down the page which has various work-arounds on it, whether the issue you're faced with is one of them, is another thing.