This testcase comes from the CSS columnar webpage template Invasion v. 1.1 created and authored by Gabriele Romanato. When rendering this testcase, Internet Explorer 7 creates an unexpected, unrequested and unnecessary horizontal scrollbar. This rendering issue is closely related to the CSS code regarding the <hr> and its position: absolute declaration. This rendering issue is another example of the left: auto offset miscalculation bug in Internet Explorer 7 when using position: absolute.

This testcase comes from the CSS columnar webpage template Invasion v. 1.1 created and authored by Gabriele Romanato. When rendering this testcase, Internet Explorer 7 creates an unexpected, unrequested and unnecessary horizontal scrollbar. This rendering issue is closely related to the CSS code regarding the <hr> and its position: absolute declaration. This rendering issue is another example of the left: auto offset miscalculation bug in Internet Explorer 7 when using position: absolute.

Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.x, Opera 9.24, Opera 9.50, Safari 3.0.4, Konqueror 3.5.8, Amaya 9.55, Hv3 TKHTML alpha 16, Seamonkey 1.x, Seamonkey 2.x, K-meleon 1.x, NS 7.2, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2 all pass this test.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!

"I'd also like to turn comments like 'IE 6 and IE 7 failed to render even basic columnar layouts in CSS' in to solid work items, but I don't understand the problem - much of the web uses columnar layouts that work in IE." - Chris Wilson, August 10th 2006

This testcase comes from the CSS columnar webpage template Invasion v. 1.1 created and authored by Gabriele Romanato. When rendering this testcase, Internet Explorer 7 creates an unexpected, unrequested and unnecessary horizontal scrollbar. This rendering issue is closely related to the CSS code regarding the <hr> and its position: absolute declaration. This rendering issue is another example of the left: auto offset miscalculation bug in Internet Explorer 7 when using position: absolute.

"I'd also like to turn comments like 'IE 6 and IE 7 failed to render even basic columnar layouts in CSS' in to solid work items, but I don't understand the problem - much of the web uses columnar layouts that work in IE." - Chris Wilson, August 10th 2006

"I'd also like to turn comments like 'IE 6 and IE 7 failed to render even basic columnar layouts in CSS' in to solid work items, but I don't understand the problem - much of the web uses columnar layouts that work in IE." - Chris Wilson, August 10th 2006