Difference in displaying inner div between IE and Chrome
- by Gaara
I have this code that has one "outerDIV" that contains an "innerDIV". On chrome the "innerDIV" size is 491px, whereas on IE it is 425px (same as outerDIV). Hence, on Chrome I can see the first two children of "innerdiv": "My test string #1" and "test2". But for IE I can only see the first child.
I am not quite sure what the "right" behavior should be, as firefox does the same as IE. However I would like to have IE do the same as Chrome.
I have been experimenting with some css styles (mainly overflow and display), but still can't make it right: IE will expand its height instead of its width to make the elements fit.
Can you guys help me figure out a way to change the css so that IE will wraps the div elements inline? As a restriction though, I cannot change the width on the HTML. As a benefit, I am using a css that only loads for IE to patch these kind of IE inconsistencies. The same css will NOT load for chrome, so I don't need to worry about messing with chrome when changing the IE CSS. Thanks in advance!
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
font-family: helvetica;
}
.myContainer {
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
font-size: 14pt;
height: 49px;
line-height: 49px;
overflow: hidden;
display: block;
}
.myContainer > DIV {
float: left;
white-space: nowrap;
display: block;
}
.myContainer .item:first-child {
padding-left: 10px;
}
.myContainer .item {
float: left;
padding-right: 32px;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="outerDIV" class="myContainer" style="display: block; width: 425px;">
<div id="innerDIV">
<div class="item">
--------My test string #1--------
</div>
<div class="item">
------test2-------
</div>
<div class="item">
test
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
