Hi Mike, Yes, it's related to quirks mode. However, changing this old site to standards mode wouldn't be fun, so I'd rather not do it.
Maybe you can use document.compatMode to switch between different rendering techniques in IE? (http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/ dhtml/reference/properties/compatmode.asp) // C-J On Apr 17, 2:06 am, "Mike Alsup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi C-J, > > I think the problem has to do with quirks mode. Can you try it with a > strict doctype? > > Mike > > > I ran into a problem with BlockUI when I tried to use it on one of my > > company's old sites (so please, don't get started on the awful table- > > based layout). The overlay and the message are incorrectly positioned. > > I can make it work by hacking the code to use the IE6 absolute > > positioning code. > > > Here's an example page to recreate the problem: > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > > <html>