Index: misc/textarea.js
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/misc/textarea.js,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -u -F^f -r1.9 textarea.js
--- misc/textarea.js	14 Apr 2006 13:48:56 -0000	1.9
+++ misc/textarea.js	4 Dec 2006 18:57:16 -0000
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ function textArea(element) {
   this.element.style.width = '100%';
   this.element.style.height = this.dimensions.height +'px';
 
-  // Wrap textarea
+  // Wrap textarea, working around an IE margin bug.
+  // (see http://jaspan.com/ie-inherited-margin-bug-form-elements-and-haslayout)
   removeNode(this.element);
-  this.wrapper.insertBefore(this.element, this.grippie);
+  this.iewrap = document.createElement('span');
+  this.iewrap.className = 'resizable-textarea-ie-hack'; // no CSS needed
+  this.iewrap.appendChild(this.element);
+  this.wrapper.insertBefore(this.iewrap, this.grippie);
 
   // Measure difference between desired and actual textarea dimensions to account for padding/borders
   this.widthOffset = dimensions(this.wrapper).width - this.dimensions.width;