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Created March 30, 2011 18:45
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ie8 + <header> + jQuery = weird
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gistfile1.txt
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/modernizr/1.7/modernizr-1.7.min.js"></script>
<style>header{height:100px}</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>test</header>
<script>
//should write 100 but writes 19 in ie8
document.write(jQuery('header').height())
</script>
</body>
</html>
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