I recently discovered that your custom master page may affect the Gantt view of a SharePoint list. I have seen the colored task bars extend past the framed container of the chart when a custom master page and CSS is applied to the site. If this happens to you, you can try the following:
- Systematically strip out the CSS and HTML to identify what code is causing the problem. Be sure to make backups of your files first.
- Adjust the DOCTYPE tag that you are using. When this happened to me, I had to go way back and use the following DOCTYPE to get the Gantt view to show correctly: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
And finally, add this on to your list of items to test while developing custom master pages for SharePoint!
If you are working with SharePoint in Firefox, the top toolbar (Welcome menu, My Site, My Links) may not display correctly. Click here for a screenshot.
Add this to your CSS to correct this problem:
.ms-globallinks {
white-space:nowrap
}
This works in Firefox and won't wreck IE.