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position:fixed in IE, no Javascript required

Via Craig Saila, a method for getting IE to apply position: fixed without resorting to Javascript. It uses a conditional comment (slightly ugly but perfectly valid HTML) and works a treat. Kudos to Eric Bednarz for clearing up another of those niggling CSS problems.

Posted 25th April 2003 at 10:41 pm

This is position:fixed in IE, no Javascript required by Simon Willison, posted on 25th April 2003.

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5 comments

There's only one problem to this approach: when the page loads, the scrolling area isn't focused. This can be annoying for people who use keyboard nav, I'm not sure if it mucks up screen-readers though.

And I don't like to blow my own trumpet (never!), but... *ahem*

Tom Gilder - 26th April 2003 02:00 - #
I've had this page up that does exactly the same thing for some time. It looks like Eric does a better job of it, though.
Simon Jessey - 26th April 2003 03:09 - #
ahem, Tom. Your example has one side effect: it displays as a beautifull blank page in Internet Explorer 5.x Mac. Blank as in empty. Only the background color comes through, nothng else. Hence the use of cc's in Erics page.
Philippe - 26th April 2003 14:42 - #
Now if someone could just find a good way to fix an element to the bottom of the page...
kent - 1st May 2003 22:12 - #
bottom: 0;
matt - 10th September 2004 14:32 - #

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