Problems with IE6 CSS

Question

I updated the website I was working on ( http://barsannapolis.com ) into a CSS layout, and everything turned out fine for the most part. The site displays correctly in Firefox, Chrome, IE 7 and Safari, but the design seems to be completed in IE 6. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to fix the problems. Perhaps there is something simple that I don’t notice?

Also, are there any IE tools that make life easier - edit CSS, like firebug.

Answer 1

positioniseverything.net is your friend. Since I left this world a long time ago (thank God!), I do not envy you, but the problem usually is double filling, especially. if your popups do not line up ("dropping").

You can crack IE6 with width:30px; _width: 20px; width:30px; _width: 20px; in your stylesheet, where in rule _ at the end is the IE6 setting that you want to do. This works for all rules in all directions.

But every time I had a problem, it usually was up to double filling horizontally, which really delayed floating divs in IE6.

Good luck. As I said, I do not envy you at all. IE6 is a plague that needs to be eradicated.

Answer 2

You can try the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar to help you keep track of CSS related issues.

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar

Answer 3

There is nothing better than firebug in IE and it’s good, even if you have several “common problems” with IE6 and css, the truth is that each site is different and requires a lot of attempts and errors.

Honestly, I would not support IE6 if <20% use it (check using Google Analytics), I mean that IE7 has not been working for many years, IE8 is suitable at any time and even gmail claims to not support IE6, therefore ... I would not worry so much

Answer 4

Another useful utility in this situation is the XRAY bookmarklet, although you may need to paste the URL into the IE6 address bar.

Answer 5

If you get a double float error, you can try using display: inline; to roaming items that give you problems. This prevents an error from occurring and means that you do not need to assign different widths for IE.