Very Unusual Margin Appears Always in Internet Explorer [CSS]
- by Jay
Only in Internet Explorer does this occur: I'm getting an additional margin (of 19 pixels) below a fieldset and I can't seem to see why, whatever I try! Try it for yourself, take a look at http://theshrop.com/d/call_us_or_call_in.php. To aid I've added a grid and some background colours. The fieldset should have a 1.125em bottom margin and it does in Safari, Firefox etc. It has an extra 19 pixels in Internet Explorer? I've given the fieldset a width and height so it hasLayout, hope this helps.
body{
color:#171717;
font:1em/1.125em Georgia,serif;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
/* */
fieldset{
background:fuchsia;
border:0 solid green;
border-width:0.0625em 0;
height:19.125em;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
padding:3.3125em 1.125em 1.0625em;
position:relative;
width:31.5em;
}
/* */
form dl{
margin:0;
}
form dl dd{
/* */
height:2.25em;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
position:relative;
/* */
}
form dl dt{
margin:0 0 1.125em;
}
/* */
form dl dt+dd+dt+dd{
height:7.875em;
}
/* */
form dl+div{
line-height:2.25em;
/* */
margin:0;
padding:0;
/* */
}
h3{
color:#701;
font:bold 1em/1.125em Helvetica,Arial,serif;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
input[type=text]{
border:0.0625em solid #171717;
font:1em/1.125em Georgia,serif;
height:1.125em;
margin:0;
padding:0.5em 1.0625em;
/* */
position:absolute;
top:0;
/* */
}
/* */
legend{
background:aqua;
margin:1.0625em 0 1.125em;
padding:0;
position:absolute;
top:0;
}
/* */
p{
background:lime;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
}
textarea{
border:0.0625em solid #171717;
font:1em/1.125em Georgia,serif;
height:6.75em;
margin:0;
padding:0.5em 1.0625em;
/* */
position:absolute;
top:0;
/* */
}
.Address{
margin:0 0 1.125em;
}
.Address dd{
margin:0;
}
.Address dt{
display:none;
}
.Address dt+dd+dt+dd{
display:inline;
}
.Address dt+dd+dt+dd+dt+dd+dt+dd{
display:block;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
.Bad{
background:#dbb;
color:#901;
}
.Calendar{
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.Calendar dd{
background:#701;
font:bold 0.5625em/2em Helvetica,Arial,serif;
margin:0;
text-align:center;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
.Calendar dl{
border:0 solid #111;
border-width:0.0625em 0.125em 0.125em 0.0625em;
float:left;
margin:-0.0625em 1em 1em 1.0625em;
width:3.375em;
}
.Calendar dt{
display:none;
}
.Calendar dt+dd+dt+dd{
background:#fff;
color:#171717;
font:1em/2.25em Georgia,serif;
margin:0;
}
.Calendar h4{
float:right;
font:1em/1.125em Georgia,serif;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
width:10.125em;
}
.Calendar li{
clear:both;
}
.Calendar p{
float:right;
font:1em/1.125em Georgia,serif;
width:10.125em;
}
.Good{
background:#bdb;
color:#091;
}
.Left{
float:left;
margin:0 0.5625em 0 1.125em;
}
.Message{
border-style:solid;
border-width:0.0625em;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
padding:1em 1.0625em 0;
}
.Message p{
margin:0 0 1.0625em;
padding:0.0625em 0 0;
}
.Narrow{
width:15.75em;
}
.Narrow input[type=text]{
width:13.5em;
}
.Right{
float:right;
margin:0 1.125em 0 0.5625em;
}
.Wide{
/* */
background:gray;
/* */
width:31.5em;
}
.Wide input[type=text]{
width:29.25em;
}
.Wide textarea{
width:29.25em;
}
.Wrapper{
background:url(../i/grid_w18_h18.png);
margin:0 auto;
overflow:hidden;
padding:1.125em 0 0;
position:relative;
width:50.625em;
}
#Blackboard{
background:#171717;
color:#fff;
margin:1.125em 0 0;
min-width:50.625em;
}
#Blackboard a{
background:#111;
color:#fff;
}
#Blackboard h3{
color:#fff;
}
#Blackboard div>p{
font:1.5em/1.5em Georgia,serif;
}
#Footer{
background:#901;
clear:both;
color:#fff;
min-width:50.625em;
}
#Footer h3{
color:#fff;
}
#Google_Copilot ol{
padding:0;
}
#Google_Copilot ol li{
list-style:none;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
padding:0; /* I.E.7 Fix */
}
#Google_Map{
height:23.625em;
margin:0 0 1.125em;
width:31.5em;
}
#Google_Query dt{
/* display:none; */
}
#Header{
background:#901;
min-width:50.625em;
}
#Header h1{
background:url(../i/the_shropshire_arms_w288_h72.gif) no-repeat 0 2.8125em;
font:1em/1.125em serif;
height:7.875em;
margin:0 0 0 0.5625em;
width:18em;
}
#Header h1 a{
display:none;
}
#Header h2{
background-color:#933;
display:inline;
font:1em/2.25em Georgia,serif;
left:0;
margin:1.125em 0 0 0.5625em;
padding:0 0.5625em;
position:absolute;
top:0;
}
#Header h2 a{
color:#fff;
text-decoration:none;
}
#Header h2 a span{
text-decoration:underline;
}
#Header ul{
list-style:none;
height:2.25em;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#Header ul li{
display:inline; /* I.E.7 Fix */
}
#Header ul li a{
background:#fff;
color:#000;
float:left;
line-height:2.25em;
margin:0 0 0 0.5625em;
padding:0 0.5625em;
text-decoration:none;
}
#Header .Wrapper{
background:url(../i/shield_w126_h126.gif) no-repeat 42.1875em 1.6875em;
}
This post could get stupidly long so I'll provide a link to the Web page rather than post the HTML: http://theshrop.com/d/call_us_or_call_in.php
I really appreciate answers and all who contribute, thanks in advance!
