bad formation?

[chris leeds]

I've got a .css layout and every element works OK.
the problem is when I put this "utility menu" in mousing over the "links"
wipes out the text in the adjacent <div>.

I'm thinking it's an unclosed tag but I'm not seeing it:
---
<p>
<a title="It's Printer Friendly Too!" href="javascript:window.print()"
onMouseOver="window.status='Go ahead, it\'s printer friendly!'; return
true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" ;>Print This Page</a></p>
<p>
<a title="For Internet Explorer Users"
href="javascript:window.external.addFavorite(document.location,document.titl
e)" onMouseOver="window.status='Sorry, it only works for Internet Explorer
users.'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" ;>Bookmark This
Page</a></p>
<p>
<a href="sendpage.asp?link=<%=request.servervariables("SCRIPT_NAME")%>"
onclick="popUp(this.href,'fixed',250,200);return false;"
onMouseOver="window.status='Send a link to this page to anyone you want.
It\'s Private and secure.'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''";
target="_blank">Send This Page</a></p>
<p>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"
src="../faq/afm.asp"></script><a href="#"
onclick="javascript:xlaAFMlaunch();" onMouseOver="window.status='View
Frequently Asked Questions.'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''"
;target="_blank">See The F.A.Q.</a></p>
---
any body like a certain editor that highlights the syntax so that it's more
obvious?

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[Jack Brewster]

chris,

Does this look like what you're seeing?
http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html

(I'm too lazy to parse your code.

 

[chris leeds]

sonofagun! that's pretty close to what I'm seeing! oddly it only happens
with that second menu on the page. I'll have to read it and try the work
around. I think you've put me in the right direction!

I'm sure nobody has the free time to parse my ugly code. I wish there were
a machine that'd do it for me. ;-)

 

[chris leeds]

although I didn't clean up all that JavaScript I did follow your link to
this link:
http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/threepxtest.html
and the addition of a 1% height attribute to various <p> etc. eventually
paid off.
If I have time I'll look to see which by removing it 1 by 1 but it may be a
different cause for each situation depending on the nesting of
elements.....I guess. ;-)

HTH

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