Make sure that hovering over author icon doesn't open a scrollbar

gistfile1.txt

 #filter .menu li.author {
+  height: 48px;
   padding-left: 4px;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+#filter .menu li.author figure {
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
 #filter .menu li.author img {
   vertical-align: top;
 }
@@ -912,45 +921,63 @@ body > header aside p {
 
 #filter .menu li.author .sel {
   position: absolute;
-  display: inline-block;
 }
 
 #filter .menu li.author .status {
   display: none;
-  position: absolute;
-  line-height: 48px;
-  left: 17px;
-  top: auto;
+  height: 100%;
+  left: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 16px 0 0;
+  text-align: center;
+  top: 0;
+  width: 100%;
   z-index: 1;
+
+  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
 #filter .menu li.author .status:before {
   color: #AAAAAA;
 }
 
-#filter .menu li.author.selected .status, #filter .menu li.author:hover .status {
+
+#filter .menu li.author.selected .status,
+#filter .menu li.author .sel:hover .status {
   display: block;
 }
 
-#filter .menu li.author.selected img, #filter .menu li.author:hover img {
+#filter .menu li.author.selected img,
+#filter .menu li.author .sel:hover img {
   opacity: 0.3;
 }