In IE6win, an empty div with a css height less than the prevailing font-size (1em) will display with a height of 1em.
The test page provides 2 workarounds.
Test page Workaround is included
Reported by: Henry Francis.
(Orphaned), Explorer 5-6 Windows | Reported on 24 October 2006.
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1 Posted by AndyT on 28 October 2006 | Permalink
I believe an empty div has its height set to the font-size. In a context where I wanted it smaller I set font-size: 1px. Haven't tried 0px.