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copied!<p>Use <code>overflow-y</code> and absolute positioning to emulate fixed positioning in IE6 using the following steps:</p> <ol> <li><p>Create an absolutely positioned div and give it the desired top and left coordinates on the page</p></li> <li><p>Set <code>html {overflow-y: }</code> to be hidden or visible instead of the default auto or scroll to eliminate the scrollbar for the absolutely positioned div</p></li> <li><p>Set <code>body{overflow-y: }</code> to be auto or scroll to insert a new scrollbar for the body content</p></li> <li><p>Set <code>body { margin:0; height:100% }</code> to make sure the content scrollbar goes the length of the page</p></li> <li><p>Set top and left margins on the body to separate the content from the absolutely positioned div </p></li> <li><p>Make sure the doctype is set to trigger Standards Mode in IE</p></li> <li><p>Set the absolutely positioned div to <code>top:50%; left:50%;</code></p></li> <li><p>Add <code>position:relative</code> and the desired opacity to the container div</p></li> </ol> <p>If the doctype is not set, move the html rules to the body tag, and the body rules to a wrapper div</p> <pre><code><!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> body { margin:0; margin-left: 14em; } #fixedbox { position: fixed; top: 1em; left: 1em; width: 10em; } #fixedbox { padding: 0.5em; border: 1px solid #000; } #container { height: 2000px; } @media, { html { _overflow-y: visible; *overflow-y: auto; } body { _overflow-y: auto; _height: 100%; } #container { _position: relative; } #fixedbox { _position: absolute; _top:50%; _left: 50%; } } </style> </head> <body> <div id="container"> Fixed box </div> <div id="fixedbox"> Homer </div> </body> </html> </code></pre>

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