Topic: Frames no likey CSS?

I've got an odd problem.
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~dion/maritimerentals/frames-template.html

There are 3 frames there, the top, the left menu and the main content area. Now, when there is no vertical scroll in the content area, there is no horizontal scroll. However, once there's enough content that generates a vertical scroll, it will also generate a horizontal scroll and the content will overflow by about 15px or so. For an example of this, follow the above link and click on 'Advanced Search' under the search box.

I honestly don't know if this is a CSS issue or an HTML issue. Any help or insight would be appreciated.



[This message has been edited by synax (edited 08-14-2003).]

mozilla 1.4, no problem. No horizontal scrollbar at all.

I get no horizontal scroll bar on either page in IE 5.5 but I get one on both pages in IE 6.0.

I also didn't get it on either page in Opera 7.02

-Butcher-

What the hell... Why just IE6 ?

You don't happen to have anything's width set to 100%, do you?

This could be related to IE 6's handling of the CSS box model when there are scrollbars on a box.

Try this: temporarily comment out the DOCTYPE. If the problem goes away when you do that, you can be almost certain that it's a box model problem.

Slime nailed it. I thought it was only IE5.x that had box model problems though?
So how can I fix this without omitting the DOCTYPE?



[This message has been edited by synax (edited 08-15-2003).]

Take out any "width: 100%" you might have in your CSS, for a start.



[This message has been edited by ozphactor (edited 08-15-2003).]

Yes, I didn't look at the CSS, but if you've got width:100%, remove it. Replace it with

margin-left:10px;
margin-right:10px;

(replacing 10px with whatever size you want the margins to be).