CSS rule ignored in IE8 Quirks Mode.

Question

I have a ul/li based side menu, styled with two CSS rules, the following of them is ignored by IE8 Quirks mode, and I assume IE6:

ul { padding-left: 15px; }

I can reproduce the problem in FF by removing this rule completely. I have also tried using jQuery to apply the rule, with no change in IE8:

$("ul.menu-class").find("ul").css("padding-left", 15);

Is this a box model issue, and, how can I reduce the UL 'padding' in IE Quirks Mode?

Answer 1

Try margin-left for IE - browsers have a unique look on that matter.