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Fix table width weirdness in IE6 (See related posts)

If you have a table with rowspans and colspans, it's especially likely that IE6 will begin to ignore your width settings (even if they all add up to the right number) and create a monster table that spreads off into the distance. If your tables work perfectly in FF/Safari/etc, and in IE6 your content is positioned properly but the invisible elements of the table (visible only with borders on) extends to the side so that you get a horizontal scroll bar no matter what you do, you might want to try this drastic CSS tweak:

html {
    overflow-y: hidden;
}


If that doesn't work, try it in body:
body {
    overflow-y: hidden;
}


<disclaimer>Note that this is somewhat hackish, as a last resort if you *know* your tables are *fine* and IE6 is screwing up, and that overflow-x/y are IE6-only and not real CSS. </disclaimer>

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