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position:fixed in IE, no Javascript required

25th April 2003

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 · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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