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IE7 is ignoring my min-width setting. I read that IE7 supports min-width as long as you are in Standards mode (not quirks). I specified
<!DOCTYPE html>
as my header. The markup is valid. I still can't get IE7 to respect min-width. What should I do?
Sample Code
<table class="ProcedureTable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>column data</th>
<th>column data</th>
<th>column data</th>
<th>column data</th>
<th>column data</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr class="PadColumns">
<td class="ExpandName">
column data
</td>
CSS
.ExpandName
{
min-width:25em;
}
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min-width:100% makes sure the element is at least as wide as its container. width: auto allows the element to keep its original size.
The width declaration will be set 90% of whatever it's container width is. The min-width makes it so that element has to be at least 600px wide.
Max-width and min-width can be used together to target a specific range of screen sizes. @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) and (min-width: 400px) {...} The query above will trigger only for screens that are 600-400px wide. This can be used to target specific devices with known widths.
Ah Yes.. I ran into this a while ago
check out this link
http://blog.throbs.net/2006/11/17/IE7+And+MinWidth+.aspx
Essentially ... you need to include this shim in JS to manually hack the rule
Below is the way that I handle it tho
Just call the function onload of the body
/*
author: Rob Eberhardt
desc: fix MinWidth for IE6 & IE7
params: none
returns: nothing
notes: cannot yet fix childless elements like INPUT or SELECT
history:
2006-11-20 revised for standards-mode compatibility
2006-11-17 first version
*/
function fixMinWidthForIE(){
try{
if(!document.body.currentStyle){return} //IE only
}catch(e){return}
var elems=document.getElementsByTagName("*");
for(e=0; e<elems.length; e++){
var eCurStyle = elems[e].currentStyle;
var l_minWidth = (eCurStyle.minWidth) ? eCurStyle.minWidth : eCurStyle.getAttribute("min-width"); //IE7 : IE6
if(l_minWidth && l_minWidth != 'auto'){
var shim = document.createElement("DIV");
shim.style.cssText = 'margin:0 !important; padding:0 !important; border:0 !important; line-height:0 !important; height:0 !important; BACKGROUND:RED;';
shim.style.width = l_minWidth;
shim.appendChild(document.createElement(" "));
if(elems[e].canHaveChildren){
elems[e].appendChild(shim);
}else{
//??
}
}
}
}
there is another way to do it as well
http://perishablepress.com/press/2007/01/16/maximum-and-minimum-height-and-width-in-internet-explorer/
* html div#division {
height: expression( this.scrollHeight < 334 ? "333px" : "auto" ); /* sets min-height for IE */
}
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