When I position one of div tags above it's normal position. IE acts as though it is still there and expands the div around it to a larger size than it should be. Firefox does not do this.
Whats up with it?This is one of many IE bugs. You are correct that IE should not do this and it is non-standard. Float Model (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/?chapter=Float+Model">http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithI ... loat+Model</a><!-- m -->) Expanding Box Problem. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/expandingboxbug.html">http://www.positioniseverything.net/exp ... oxbug.html</a><!-- m -->)
Whats up with it?This is one of many IE bugs. You are correct that IE should not do this and it is non-standard. Float Model (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/?chapter=Float+Model">http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithI ... loat+Model</a><!-- m -->) Expanding Box Problem. (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/expandingboxbug.html">http://www.positioniseverything.net/exp ... oxbug.html</a><!-- m -->)