specifying the width, in pixels, of a line of text

[michaels at lrl.leg.mn]

Does anyone know of a good explanation of <width> in Firefox vs. IE, 
the cause of the difference, and solutions?

Mike Schatz
Minnesota Legislative Reference Library


On 7 Jan 2005 at 9:51, Ross Singer wrote:

> Thomas Dowling wrote:
> 
> >My first recommendation is to rethink the design so it isn't dependent 
> >on pixel-perfect dimensions.
> >  
> >
> This is a good point.  While I'm not entirely sure the source of the 
> problem, I've found differences in the way IE and Firefox handle 
> widths.  This basically results in overlap of layers or wrapping in one 
> browser or the other.
> 
> Like I said, I'm not entirely sure of the cause or real culprit.
> 
> -Ross.
>