Internet Explorer percent based layout issue

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Published on 2010-03-19T00:50:54Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 3:41 UTC
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Heya,

My goal is to make a layout that is 200% width and height, with four containers of equal height and width (100% each), using no javascript as the bear minimum (or preferably no hacks).

Right now I am using HTML5, and CSS display:table. It works fine in Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, and Chrome 5. I haven't tested it yet on older versions.

Nonetheless, in IE7 and IE8 this layout fails completely. (I do use the Javascript HTML5 enabling script /cc../, so it should not be the use of new HTML5 tags)

Here is what I have:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <title>IE issue with layout</title>
        <style type="text/css" media="all">
            /* styles */
            @import url("reset.css");

            /* Generall CSS */          
            .table
            {
                display:table;
            }

            .row
            {
                display:table-row;
            }

            .cell
            {
                display:table-cell;
            }


            /* Specific CSS */
            html, body
            {
                //overflow:hidden; I later intend to limit the viewport
            }

            section#body
            {
                position:absolute;
                width:200%;
                height:200%;
                overflow:hidden;
            }

            section#body .row
            {
                width:200%;
                height:50%;
                overflow:hidden;
            }

            section#body .row .cell
            {
                width:50%;
                overflow:hidden;
            }

            section#body .row .cell section
            {
                display:block;
                width:100%;
                height:100%;
                overflow:hidden;
            }

            section#body #stage0 section header
            {
                text-align:center;
                height:20%;
                display:block;
            }

            section#body #stage0 section footer
            {
                display:block;
                height:80%;
            }

        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <section id="body" class="table">
            <section class="row">
                <section id="stage0" class="cell">
                    <section>
                        <header>
                            <form>
                                <input type="text" name="q" />
                                <input type="submit" value="Search" />
                            </form>
                        </header>
                        <footer>
                            <table id="scrollers">
                            </table>
                        </footer>
                    </section>
                </section>
                <section id="stage1" class="cell">
                    <section>
                        content
                    </section>
                </section>          
            </section>
            <section class="row">
                <section id="stage2" class="cell">
                    <section>
                        content
                    </section>
                </section>
                <section id="stage3" class="cell">
                    <section>
                        content
                    </section>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
    </body>
</html>

You can see it live here: http://www.tombarrasso.com/ie-issue/

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