IE issue - Max-width (tough one)

Internet Explorer always presents me with challenge. The current issue involves emulating max-width in IE using the technique described by Svend Tofte.

http://www.svendtofte.com/code/max_width_in_ie/

The CSS code uses JavaScript expressions and feeds the browser's width to the style. The CSS code follows.

* html #Content {
height: 1%;
width:expression(
document.body.clientWidth > (500/12) *
parseInt(document.body.currentStyle.fontSize)?
"30em":
"auto" );
}

My implementation does resize and display the fluid width. The hang up in this scenario involves a definition list, which does not extend the full width of the #Content container. The dd tag extends to the adjacent float (#ArticleID) and no further. The second issue relates to how the container expands beyond the parent when the width becomes minuscule. Ideally, a min-width would solve this problem; unfortunately IE has not included support for min-width.

Please load the page and shrink you browser window to around 288 pixels. Notice the round corner following the fluid width. The id, #bgWh, with content expands the beyond #container. I need to discover how to constraint this expansion. If you remove the content, the problem goes away. Overflow: hidden has worked for me in the past, but did not provide the magic bullet this time around. Let me know if you have good ideas on dealing with these scenarios. Fortunately, Firefox does not have these issues.

http://neville.f2o.org/nifty_TEMP1.html

(Long version)
http://neville.f2o.org/nifty_Sample.html

Elements in the equation:
#Content
dd
#ArticleID

 

*DL DD {
width: 75%;
}

Code (markup):

* will make only IE interpret the rule.
Will give you I think the effect you want as far as the definitions going to the other side.
As for the corners, you might want to check out Sitepoint's tutorial on them.

 

Wow, your suggestions did resolve the scenario. I don't understand why it affected the page; or what attributed to the problem in the first place. But I am glad someone finally had some useful advice.