[themes] Disappearing, Reappearing text in IE

[Trae McCombs]

HTML: Not valid - Errors: 5, 
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html

CSS: Valid - Warnings: 11, 
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html

Interesting results huh?

Trae

Larry Garfield wrote:
> This is a very well-known bug in IE, known as the "peekaboo bug".  It's one of 
> the top reasons on the very long list of reasons why IE must die.
> 
> http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html
> 
> There's one common place documenting the bug.  Google will find you a dozen 
> more.  There are about 4-5 different ways around it.  I strongly recommend 
> against any of the "rely on other CSS bugs" or comment hiding tricks, as they 
> are guaranteed to die on you without warning some day soon and break 
> something else.  The height: 100% trick is what I generally use.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> On Monday 05 December 2005 06:24 pm, erik hopp wrote:
> 
>>Hi.
>>
>>I'm working on a project and we are running into a CSS problem where in
>>Windows / IE6, on some pages and at some spots, the text will not show
>>up when you load the page, however, if you highlight the text it
>>appears.  i have seen this before and have read a little about it but i
>>was wondering if anyone has foung a solution.
>>
>>This seems promising, but i haven't gotten a chance to try it yet and i
>>am wondering if anyone has: http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0103d.shtml#tweaks
>>
>>thanks for any help!
>>
>>e.
> 
> 

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