CSS madness

Question

Hi-
DW8 on PC/WinXP.
Properties for a CSS rule called "header" shows typical
settings such as line width, font, height, etc. When in design mode
I can pass my cursor over the page and get the information for each
part of the CSS related to that part of my page layout. This
information shows up as a small yellow "floating" box that will
list the information for that CSS rule. For example the box might
indicate margin: 10px, border (0px), padding (0px). Every once in a
while I will get one of these boxes that will display two values
for one particular setting: in this case it is height. The
information box will show something like height: 45px (32px). I
cannot figure out why there are two values listed for that one
setting since I only have 45px listed in the CSS rule for height.
Where is the 32px value listed in parentheses coming from? This
wouldn't be any concern except that in Firefox that portion of the
page displays properly with a height of 45px but in IE 6 it
displays at a height of 32px thereby chopping off the text that is
contained inside. What am I missing here? I cannot find a 32px
value anywhere in either the CSS or in the page source code itself.
What Is the number in the parentheses actually telling me?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
-=SB

Answer 1

> Every once in a while I will get one
> of these boxes that will display two values for one
particular setting: in this
> case it is height. The information box will show
something like height: 45px
> (32px). I cannot figure out why there are two values
listed for that one
> setting since I only have 45px listed in the CSS rule
for height. Where is the
> 32px value listed in parentheses coming from? This
wouldn't be any concern
> except that in Firefox that portion of the page displays
properly with a height
> of 45px but in IE 6 it displays at a height of 32px
thereby chopping off the
> text that is contained inside. What am I missing here? I
cannot find a 32px
> value anywhere in either the CSS or in the page source
code itself. What Is the
> number in the parentheses actually telling me?
The first value is the specified length. The value in params
is the
actual "paginated" length in DW.
It sounds like you have found a case where DW renders like IE
and not as
it (probably) should like Firefox.
Hope this helps,
Randy