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Setting Div Height in Internet Explorer 6

While finishing up landonaustin.com last week I ran into an interesting rendering issue when I checked what the website looked like in Internet Explorer 6. The decorative blue bar that runs under the title and navigation was a lot thicker in IE6 than any other browser. You can see what it looked like in IE6 and what it should look like below.

IE6 Wrong

Wrong. The blue bar is as thick as the font size.

IE6 Right

Right. The blue bar is the correct height.

I was able to set the height of the div to 100px and it would change size but ...

Categories:  css, ie6
MON JUN 23, 08