IE6 Text selection bug

[Smokie]

heres the fix:

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<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.body.style.height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight+'px';
-->
</script>

[Webforumz Staff]

What exactly was the problem?

[Rob]

Smokie,

What is this a fix for?

Can you give an example of it NOT working, and one with the fix applied so we can see what this is?

[Smokie]

Sorry i presumed it was common knowledge!!

When IE6 is in standards mode it doesnt allow you to select the text properly on a page which uses absoulely positioned div's, because it doesnt know the height of the screen, try it for yourself

with fix
http://www.2cs.com/Contact.aspx

without fix
http://www.2cs.com/Contact2.aspx

[Rob]

Sorry to say this mate, but I still have problems selecting text.... so the fix doesnt fix anything... lol

[Webforumz Staff]

I could select the text but random parts of the layout were also selected, so it's clear IE simply has a problem with divs.

[Webforumz Staff]

Much improved anyway. I'd actually run into this problem the other month and gave up on solving it. Thanks!

[D3mon]

isn't this just a symptom of another problem?

[Smokie]

hmm so you guys still cant select the text? dam. D3mon what do you mean?

[D3mon]

Is it genuinely a bug in IE or is it bad code that IE happens to choke on?