DIV with overflow:auto and a 100% wide table

Question

I hope someone might be able to help me here. I\'ve tried to simplify my example as best I can.

I have an absolutely positioned DIV, which for this example I\'ve made fi

Answer 1

Eran Galperin's solution fails to account for the fact that simply turning off horizontal scrolling will still allow the table to underlap the vertical scrollbar. I assume this is because IE is calculating the meaning of "100%" before deciding that it needs a vertical scrollbar, then failing to re-adjust for the remaining horizontal space available.

cetnar's solution above nails it, though:

   

      
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This works properly on IE6 and 7 in my tests. From what I can tell, the "" hack doesn't appear to actually be necessary on IE6.