Width 100% not working in IE compatibility mode

At time its so frustrating to get css styles work correctly in various circumstances such as cross-browser , IE compatibility mode etc.

Recently notice an issue which is setting width 100% does not work in IE compatibility mode. The page display a input:select and input:textbox. It works fine in various places but was having issue at one particular table.

After trying out various options and finally the option that worked is

 td style="width:100%;"

So be very careful with this sort of issues, as these are very minor but becomes so frustrating at times.


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