Weird Horizontal Scroll - IE 5?

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:40:19 -0400, McWebber <mcwebber DeleteThis @my-deja.com> wrote:

 > "EightNineThree" <eightninethree DeleteThis @REMOVEeightninethree.com> wrote in
 > message
 > news:bjis8q$enk$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
  >> I was wondering if anyone could offer any insight as to why this would
 > cause
  >> a weird horizontal scroll in IE 5?
  >> I've tested all recent versions of IE, Moz, Opera, Netscape, and Safari
 > and
  >> they all look spot-on.
  >>
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  >>
 >
 > Just guessing:
 > Maybe IE5 had problems with the padding on the left and right divs
 > because
 > of the absolute positioning. Maybe try taking out the padding and see if
 > it
 > still scrolls.

Most likely. Positioning the right and left columns absolutely seems a
bit overkill which IE5 is having trouble handling with all those padding
and margin values. You could do it with floats and only use half of the
CSS you're using currently.

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