Without an explicit width set on an element that has
position:relative or position:fixed set,
overflow:auto and overflow:scroll do not work in
Opera 6.06, 7.23, 7.54 or 8.0. Oddly enough it does work in Opera 7.02, except
Opera 7.02 ignores max-width.
After submitting this bug to QuirksMode.org's Bug Report System, I realized that this happens only
when the element has position:relative or
position:fixed set.
The work around is to add a container for the div with
overflow:auto or overflow:scroll and apply the
min-width and max-width to the container and give
width:100% to the div with overflow:auto or
overflow:scroll. This compensates for the problem in Opera 7.02 as
well.
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