https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Everything looks huge in IE8 - help!! en Mon, 04 May 2026 02:29:20 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/everything-looks-huge-in-ie8-help#post-10239 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:36:30 +0000 seocc 10239@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Willy, thanks for pointing that out. That miraculously made a lot of things look better.</p> <p>Yuniar, adding the font-size:75% that you suggested now makes IE fit within the form's background, but it shrinks firefox as well and now that looks too tiny. Is there a way I can specify an exact font size rather than using a percentage? Will this make it uniform through both browsers?</p> <p>Edit&gt;&gt; Nevermind! I set it to "font-size:12px" and that seems to be a happy medium. It's a LITTLE bit too big in IE but it still fits into the form's background box. I'll just do some adjustments to the padding. Thanks a lot guys. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/everything-looks-huge-in-ie8-help#post-10235 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:23:00 +0000 yuniar 10235@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>You might also want to try changing the font size of your form.<br /> Edit the CSS code, search for this:</p> <pre><code>#main_body form ul { font-size:100%; list-style-type:none; margin:0; padding:0; width:100%; }</code></pre> <p>change it to become:</p> <pre><code>#main_body form ul { font-size:75%; list-style-type:none; margin:0; padding:0; width:100%; }</code></pre> <p>then refresh your browser to see it. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/everything-looks-huge-in-ie8-help#post-10230 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:02:58 +0000 Willy 10230@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I see you don't use a doctype, it could be due to just this alone.</p> <p>Have a look at the <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&#38;uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstevendouglas.com%2Fstaging%2F">results of the w3c html validator</a> and the <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css21&#38;warning=0&#38;uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstevendouglas.com%2Fstaging%2F">w3c css validator</a>.</p> <p>The html validator will show a lot less errors once you set the doctype.</p> <p>Fix those things first and then check your form again. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/everything-looks-huge-in-ie8-help#post-10229 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:58:51 +0000 seocc 10229@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>The form I am working with looks totally fine in Firefox but in IE8 everything gets a lot bigger. Please help me figure this out.</p> <p><a href="http://stevendouglas.com/staging/" rel="nofollow">http://stevendouglas.com/staging/</a></p> <p><a href="http://stevendouglas.com/staging/steven-ie.png" rel="nofollow">http://stevendouglas.com/staging/steven-ie.png</a><br /> <a href="http://stevendouglas.com/staging/steven-firefox.png" rel="nofollow">http://stevendouglas.com/staging/steven-firefox.png</a> </p>