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Question

I\'d like to show a div that has a background-color with the height and width set to 100% but no content. Is it possible to do that without putting a   inside?

Answer 1

I think it depends on the browser (IE/Gecko engine/Webkit engine) and on the mode (Standards mode, Quirks mode). I had some divs appearing in FFox/Standards mode and not appearing in IE6/7.

You probably can do it in a cross browser way with only css, but you'll probably resort to some css hacks.