Bill Brown wrote: > To be honest, I'm surprised it worked at all in the Transitional > doctype. I don't use the transitional model simply because I find it > too unpredictable. You'll find others on here who use it exclusively. > Presumably because it creates results more in tune with /their/ > expectations. For me, I like my code to make sense when /I/ read it > as well as when it's parsed or applied by a browser or operating > system.
Makes sense, but you're confusing "Transitional" vs. "Strict" doctypes with browsers' layout modes. See "doctypes and layout modes... <http://gutfeldt.ch/matthias/articles/doctypeswitch/table.html> ...and notice that there are only two modes - "quirk" and "standard". This doctype (used by original poster)... <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> ...triggers *quirks mode*. --- All "non-zero values" _must_ have a unit in both "Transitional" and "Strict" "standard mode" - with the exception of "raw line-height", or else the property/value will be ignored. The interpretation of "non-zero values without units" as meaning "values declared in pixels", is an old *quirks mode* feature and has absolutely nothing to do with "Transitional" doctypes. ---- "Strict" _is_ "standard". "Transitional" is a slightly less "strict" variant of "standard", where a few non-standard elements are allowed. Some browsers also treat "Transitional" slightly different on a few points - an "almost standard" mode invented for/by Mozilla. Note that IE/win doesn't have an "almost standard" mode at all - it's either "standard" for both "Transitional" and "Strict" doctypes, or "quirks" for "recognizable non-standard" doctypes. "Unrecognized" doctypes with a minimal set of recognizable parts, shall trigger "standard" layout mode in all browsers - which is why new doctypes can be added and a simple <!DOCTYPE HTML> will trigger "standard" mode. See 'HTML 5'... regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
