I'm sure this has been answered before, but am not quite sure what to
search for.

The sample scenario:

Contain div with 18 floated divs within (acting as columns).

To accomodate the 18 columns, I set them to a width of 5.55%

Firefox handles this wonderfully, adjusting various divs within to
ultimately end up with 18 divs that exactly fill the container or,
worst case, 1 pixel short.

Safari does a commendable job, appearing to round down to make sure
all columns fit within the container.

IE is the trouble maker (as always). Depending on the width of the
container, the internal columns may fall slightly short due to
rounding (which is fine) or slightly MORE due to rounding (which is
bad, causing the last item to wrap).

For example, a container of 500px will cause the 18th div to drop. A
conteinr of 505px will leave a few extra pixels after the 18th div.

Obviously, this is a bit of an extreme example. This problem only
appears when you have enough individual items inside the wrapper to
compound the rounding error.

That said, has anyone found a css-centric solution for this? I did
find a suggestion by Eric Meyer to give the last item being contained
a negative left-margin of a handful of pixels. That might be the best
solution.

-Darrel
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