input type="text" name="occupation_comment" size="35" value"engineer"

In IE this works nicely and the input text box is 35 characters long. In Netscape the box is approximately 65 characters long and destroys my layout. Any ideas how to make Netscape behave itself? Thanks very much, Rob Peters.

Perhaps you can post back the link to the site the shows the problem.

Niels.

--JoJo

But as for the form problem with Netscape ... I would love to know if you found anything, Rob.

Thanks,
Cara

I found thet following explanation at http://www.saila.com/usage/tips/?print#textfield. He has some other good tips too.

Here's what he says:
Unfortunately, both Netscape and Internet Explorer display form fields using different criteria.

Because, Netscape uses the browser's monospaced font to render text in a text field, and IE uses a variable font — generally sans-serif typeface — it's best to optimize the box for Netscape first.

Once you've done that, use a style declaration (which older Netscapes will ignore) to stretch the box for Internet Explorer.

Here are three examples. RIGHT CLICK WITH YOUR MOUSE AND CHOOSE "VIEW SOURCE" TO SEE THE SOURCE CODE FOR THE THREE BOXES.
A plain Netscape 4.7 text input box:

An IE 5.5 text input box, styled to match the size of the Netscape box (the padding helps vertically align the text):

An IE 5.5 text input box, styled to match the size and look of the Netscape box (the border and font simulate Netscape's):

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Another guy suggested this not great solution: "I decrease the NS size by using the style "font-family: new courier" for input boxes. But it doesn't decrease them as much as I'd like."

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Another guy says: "I have the same problem with text input fields in Netscape 6. Text fields are inside table cells and Netscape makes them approximately 1/3 too long no matter what the cell widths are. I use a self-declared css class in which I have declared the font sizes and types. The field size can't be delared in stylesheet because the html for input fields is generated by an xsl-template which should be able to be used for different-sized fields. It's a big problem because I have a very limited space in the frame."

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In my own case, I took a not-great dummy approach. The problem with over-sized NS 4.7 boxes only occurred when I was using Styles. Without styles, the box behaved in NS. So I stopped using styles for that page. It made some other stuff look not so hot, but I was willing to sacrifice to get those NS boxes the right size.