Why is my 3 row table stretching 100% high, but the middle row stretches oddly in Internet Explorer? : CSS, HTML, Firefox 2.0, Firefox 3.0, Internet Explorer 6.0, Internet Explorer 7.0, http://ultran.info/test2.html

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Why is my 3 row table stretching 100% high, but the middle row stretches oddly in Internet Explorer?

Asked by Ultrus in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Internet Explorer Web Browser, Firefox Web Browser

Tags: CSS, HTML, Firefox 2.0, Firefox 3.0, Internet Explorer 6.0, Internet Explorer 7.0, http://ultran.info/test2.html

Hello Gurus,
I'm troubleshooting a table that stretches 100% high,where the top and bottom row have pixel heights, and the middle row is supposed to stretch and fill the gap. This is working great everywhere but Internet Explorer, collapsing the middle row and making the top and bottom rows stretch.

In the example provided, the table fills the whole page. The actual template I'm working on mainly uses this type of table to fill different columns of the page layout to make variable height content in cell A line up with variable height content in cell B. The main template shell also follows this format, which could be changed, but that doesn't resolve what's going on with the content within the page.

I could "resolve" this issue by forcing IE into quirks mode like this:

<![if !IE]>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<![endif]>

However, that seems unprofessional and causes some other undesirable side effects. Any thoughts on how to make this work? If I have to, I'll rebuild every page but my boss wouldn't be too happy with that. :P I can also change the doctype if needed "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> " is not valid, so I guess I couldn't use that. I also want to leave the stone ages if I can with doctype.

I've seen some partial solutions in other areas, but have not hit the target yet.

Thanks for the assist! Let me know if I can provide further info.

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             <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>CSS height: 100%; Test</title>
<style type="text/css">
body, html {
	height: 100%;
	margin: 0px;
	background-color: #000000;
}
 
table {
	padding: 0px;
	border-spacing: 0px; 
	border-width: 0px;
	width: 100%;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	margin: 0px;
}
 
td {
	padding: 0px;
	border-spacing: 0px; 
	border-width: 0px;
	vertical-align: top;
	text-align: left;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 10pt;
	margin: 0px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
    
      <table style="height: 100%; width: 100%;">
        <tr>
          <td style="height: 80px; background-color: #FF9900;">
    	      height: 80px;
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="background-color: #CC0000;">
          	height: (not specified - looks great in FireFox, causes odd stretching in IE, unless doctype is removed)
            
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="height: 30px; background-color: #FF9900;">
    	    height: 30px;
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
 
</body>
</html>

           
         

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Why is my 3 row table stretching 100% high, but the middle row stretches oddly in Internet Explorer?

Asked by Ultrus in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Internet Explorer Web Browser, Firefox Web Browser

Tags: CSS, HTML, Firefox 2.0, Firefox 3.0, Internet Explorer 6.0, Internet Explorer 7.0, http://ultran.info/test2.html

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