Scrollbar - Page Layout Issues - Using FF or Opera
Posted: Sat 22. Jul 2006, 05:30
As the saying goes - you learn something new everyday (hopefully - hehe) . I work with dual monitors, each at 1600x1200 - so while developing i can sometimes have a browser window that shows 'lots of pixels' for a given page. I noticed this yesterday and tested today - which is....
When content fits inside the browser window (no scrollbar required in this case) FF and Opera do not render 'an empty scrollbar' as IE does - and as a result - (again in the case of FF and Opera) the window 'reinterprets the center and shifts the layout left a wee bit --- argh
I prefer IE logic on this one since when deving off localhost and jumping around from page to page - when FF or OP enconters 'fitable content' the layout shifts left noticably - to be honest i thought this was an error in my code - until I did an array of tests (several hours) - determining that this is default behavior of FF and OP - I prefer IE's logic - which eliminates the shift left - which from a designer's point of view seems a wee bit quirky.
Might be a workaround - but i doubt it - just defaults for these browsers.
oh well....
still learning
When content fits inside the browser window (no scrollbar required in this case) FF and Opera do not render 'an empty scrollbar' as IE does - and as a result - (again in the case of FF and Opera) the window 'reinterprets the center and shifts the layout left a wee bit --- argh
I prefer IE logic on this one since when deving off localhost and jumping around from page to page - when FF or OP enconters 'fitable content' the layout shifts left noticably - to be honest i thought this was an error in my code - until I did an array of tests (several hours) - determining that this is default behavior of FF and OP - I prefer IE's logic - which eliminates the shift left - which from a designer's point of view seems a wee bit quirky.
Might be a workaround - but i doubt it - just defaults for these browsers.
oh well....
still learning
