Page 2 - Sometimes displays in IE (IE7 fixed positioning issue)

Most of the people who frequent the CSS forum here also frequent this HTML forum, but I'll move this for you since it really has turned into a CSS issue.

I repeat my suggestion of asking at SitePoint. If anyone knows a fix for this, Paul O'Brien will.

** Thread Moved **

There we go, a thread has been posted at SitePoint

I hate the fact that I have to find fixes and workarounds just to get around IE's lack of standards complience. Grrrr ...

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd drop back to say problem solved.

I found a good script at JavaScript-FX, it uses javascript to reposition a div when the user scrolls. The div is " position : absolute " so there shouldn't be any issues with IE.

So far I've tested with the following browsers and had no problems :
Firefox 2
IE 7 / 8
Safari 3
Opera 9
Navigator 9
Flock 1

If you want to see the script in action visit Twisted Reality.

Thanks for all the help I got here

Bah! JavaScript. I dislike using JavaScript for this kind of thing. I seem to have come up with an alternate solution. I'll post it later.

I suggest you give it position:fixed by default and then use JavaScript to give it position:absolute.

P.S. Thanks for posting the follow-up in both threads.

Yeah I know what you mean. I didn't want to use JS for this. Just seemed to be the only way to achieve the same scrolling effect in all browsers.

I tried using IE comment conditional statements to make the switch from fixed to absolute, which worked great, but didn't give IE the same scrolling experience as the rest of the browsers.

I'm curious about your alternate method though.

Well here it is:
Emulating position:fixed in IE6 Without JavaScript