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All the four containers above have been given a minimum height of 8em.
Containers 1, 2 and 4 do not have sufficient text to fill the 8 em height and have spare capacity.
Container number 3 has more text and has expanded to fit this extra text.
This works in IE, Opera, Firefox, Netscape, Safari.
All browsers that support min-height are given a min-height of 8em with height:auto which will expand the container to fit the text.
Internet Explorer will ignore min-height and is just given a height of 8em. The IE bug automatically expands the container to fit the extra text.
Cascading Style Sheet
/* for understanding browsers */
.container {
width:20em;
padding:0.5em;
border:1px solid #000;
min-height:8em;
height:auto;
}
/* for Internet Explorer */
/*\*/
* html .container {
height: 8em;
}
/**/
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You may use this method on your personal 'non-profit' web site without seeking my permission. A link back to CSSplay is always appreciated.
Commercial usage is also permitted without seeking approval, but I would ask that a donation is considered to support my work on CSSPlay.
If you are having problems integrating any of my demonstrations into your website then I now offer a service to fault find and correct any errors that you may have introduced. Please email me for more information.
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