To replicate this bug, produce the following structure:

  1. A container element with position: relative; and no height specified.
  2. Within the container, any element with display: block and a specified width that is not positioned.
  3. Within that, any absolutely positioned element.

If the specified with is not a percentage, then the absolutely positioned element will disappear when the window is horizontally resized. If the specified width is a percentage, it will disappear as the window is rezized, but reappear when it is resized.

This has been tested in IE6/Win.

Test 1: (width in pixels) This will disappear in IE Win when the window is horizontally resized