ie margin spacing diff

is it just me or does IE use more space when using margin and padding? I set my left margin to 5%, and IE doubles it to 10%... how do I make it normal again?

If you would show me your stylesheet I can probably explain this one to you... theres a nifty little hack for this

Yes. IE renders the margin differently from compliant browsers such as Firefox. I have run into this annoying problem on more than one occaision.

I normally use nested div's to get around this problem. I'll set the outside div to line up the text where I want it, then use another div on the inside with padding instead of margin used to set the space. Of course your solution could be different depending on what you're using it for exactly.

Do you have an example of what you're doing?

well not anymore. I used your example jjmac and it worked.