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Multi-Column layout incorrectly rendered after resizing Firefox window

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Hello, I have a
that uses CSS3's "column-width" as follows:
div.article {
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    column-width: 20em;
    -moz-column-width: 20em;
    -webkit-column-width: 20em;
}

It renders fine (a long text is split in 3 columns, each of 100% height), but when I re-size the Firefox window it sometimes does not split the text in 3 columns, but creates one column of (approx.) 300% height. It happens for both shrinking and expanding the window size.

The website can be found at:
http://circus.hkg-gmbh.com

Hello, I have a <DIV> that uses CSS3's "column-width" as follows: <pre><nowiki>div.article { position: absolute; height: 100%; column-width: 20em; -moz-column-width: 20em; -webkit-column-width: 20em; }</nowiki></pre> It renders fine (a long text is split in 3 columns, each of 100% height), but when I re-size the Firefox window it sometimes does not split the text in 3 columns, but creates one column of (approx.) 300% height. It happens for both shrinking and expanding the window size. The website can be found at:<br /> http://circus.hkg-gmbh.com

Modified by cor-el

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A good place to ask advice about web development is at the mozillaZine "Web Development/Standards Evangelism" forum.

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Such issues can possibly be caused by rounding errors that makes things not fit.

Did you try height 99%?

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Thank you. I am pretty sure it's not a "development question", but a "Firefox bug"...

Modified by cjlpa