Input-tag IE vs Netscape

[Anders Tufvesson]

Hi!
I have a Input tag:
<input name="serach" type="Text" size="45" value="Search">

Without CSS it show the same length in Netscape 4.X and IE 4 and later

With CSS:
INPUT {BACKGROUND-COLOR: #FFFFCC; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:
Verdana,arial, helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11px}

The length is different!

WHY????

Anders

[Steve Fulton]

Because you're using a variable-pitch font. IE calculates the width of the
input based on the average character width for the font and NS calculates it
based on the widest character width. If you use a fixed-pitch font (e.g.
Courier), the average and widest character widths are the same and IE and NS
will render the input the same.

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