position:fixed Hack

Are you talking about fixing a background image to a certain point or is it something else?

If it's a background image, I've found css is the only way to go.
Just use

body { background: url(YOURIMAGE.gif) no-repeat left bottom;}

You can use it in the body, div, table cell, etc. Change "left" and "bottom" to where ever you want the image to be.

btw: I think the only real hack to making things work in IE is to totally rewrite the browser.... nothing ever works in that thing.

Ok since I avoid IE at all cost and I don't use position fixed I didn't know this.... Here is a quick example of a fixed position div that works cross browser http://www.stunicholls.myby.co.uk/layouts/fixed.html

You just have to make sure that you have height:100% and overflow-y:auto in the body tag. You also won't be able to use absolute or relative positions on the same page.

Hopefully that will help!

I've seen that one, and I can't get it to work.

Urgh!!! So frusterated!

Does their page work for you in IE?
Is it just trying to duplicate it that doesn't work?

I feel for you! I get so frustrated trying to code sometimes I want to completely give up.

You can use the code below to have a "fixed" background. Insert it between your HEAD sections and you're set: (has always worked fine for me in IE and others)

body {background-image: url(your image along with path to it);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center center;
background-attachment: fixed;}

Good luck,

Mark

I want a div to be fixed, not a background

What is it you want to do with your div?
Do you have a page or code to look at so we can help?

I just thought of something... what version of IE are you trying to hack for?
This hack works for IE 6. I don't think it does a thing for 5.5.

The site can be found at http://www.angeltowns2.com/members/bassdesigns/mike/

Which div are you trying to fix and where do you want it positioned?

I'm trying to fix the sidebar (navigation) div, and i want it positioned exactly where it is. I beleive the math works out to about 230px.

Ok... I have to do a clean install of IE to get it working again on my computer, so I can't check this for you.
Try this...

In the head section of your html document add

'

In your css file in the div.sidebar part
delete float: right;
and add

'

Add this to your css page
* html div.sidebar {position:absolute;}'

See if that does you any good.
I think you may also need to set your doctype to kick IE into quirks mode, but I'm not positive about that.
If the above doesn't work try adding

'
to the top of your html file.
It's a good idea to have a doctype on your page anyway.

*Edited to fix code (I hope)

Well you'd actually want to add a DOCTYPE to knock IE out of quirks mode and into "standards" mode, I'm not sure which versions of IE this affects, certainly 6 but I'm not sure about 5/5.5 (and naturally IE still doesn't support standards - you know what I mean!)

Karen is right, IE is a pain. But it's always helpful to specify what you want and give us code straight away!
I'm still not sure of what you're trying to do, it seems you're trying to absolutely position an element or is it the background for the element you're trying to position?

Specify!

Is this what you're looking for?

http://www.meganjack.com/uw_courses/css/lear1.1.html

I don't entirely understand it myself but it works!

Well you'd actually want to add a DOCTYPE to knock IE out of quirks mode and into "standards" mode'

Oops sorry... my bad. You're right!
I think I'm doing more harm than good here.

Dragon of Ice, I know you probably don't want to hear this but I think you're going to be much more satisfied if you put up some test pages and "play" with the coding yourself. Find a page that uses a fixed division AND that works on your version of IE. copy the code and play with it. Figure out what they're doing to make it stay stuck.

I think it's important to have people (like the ones at this forum) to turn to when you get stuck with a problem, but you've got to be willing to do the experiments yourself.