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A percentual width of an abolutely positioned element should be calculated relative to the containing block (the body, if there is no other absolutely positioned element. Unfortunately Explorer (Win and Mac) and Opera calculate the width relative to a static block that contains the HTML for the absolute element.
Test page Workaround is not included
Reported by: G�rard Talbot.
Explorer 5-6 Windows, Explorer 7 beta 2, Explorer Mac, Opera | Reported on 30 May 2005.
Posted by Ingo Chao on 26 June 2005
2Sorry, the css-d thread was in March 2005 here
http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/54916
Posted by Gérard Talbot on 25 September 2005
3I updated the testcase a bit.
I also note that another person has spotted and reported this bug before:
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Posted by Ingo Chao on 26 June 2005
1This bug was filed as a bug at the Opera8beta stage with this test page:
http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/tmp/apboxpercentagewidth.html
Coincedentially, this was discussed in May 2005 in this cssd-thread here
http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/57351
There is no workaround.