In article <bq4ui9$1v2nq8$1@ID-198457.news.uni-berlin.de>,
"Stefan Walker" <stefan.walker*REMOVE-THIS-SPAMBLOCK*@clara.net>
wrote:
> Why would a layer render an extra linefeed at the top?
Without seeing your page, my crystal ball tells me, that the first
element inside the layer is a paragraph and you are seeing the top
margin on 1em of that paragraph, because your layer has a border which
causes the top margin of the paragraph not to collapse.

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