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You're right. You answered the obvious question and I appreciate that. I didn't mean for you to take offense to my further inquiry. However, I was hoping that the issue of contradictory statements in the GWT docs would be addressed more directly in addition to the question of browser-modes, the one that you answered so well. The clarification may help others avoid similar confusion. -robert On Jun 22, 5:57 am, Ian Bambury <[email protected]> wrote: > You asked "So - TRANSITIONAL denotes STANDARDS mode...Or - does TRANSITIONAL > denote QUIRKS mode ?" > > Please accept my apologies for answering your question. Rest assured it > won't happen again. > > Ian > > http://examples.roughian.com > > 2009/6/22 Robert Lehr <[email protected]> > > > > > Pardon me if I am missing something. But I do not see how your > > comments address the apparent contradiction in the docs. > > > -robert > > > On Jun 20, 7:23 am, Ian Bambury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Transitional means 'transitional'. It differs depending on the html > > version. > > > '4.01 Transitional' means 'contains all HTML elements and attributes, > > > including presentational and deprecated elements (like font). Framesets > > are > > > not allowed.' > > > > But... > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional// EN"> > > > > ...will trigger quirks mode in newer browsers and older browsers just > > have > > > quirks anyway. Although not the same quirks as each other, of course. > > > > Personally, I use > > > > <!DOCTYPE Common PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN' ' > >http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd'> > > > > which will give you the 4.01 Transitional behaviour mentioned above in > > > almost all browsers - all the important ones, anyway. > > > > 2009/6/20 Robert Lehr <[email protected]> > > > > > FYI, there appears to be a discrepancy in the docs w/rt to the doc > > > > type specifying > > > > "Transitional" denotes "Standards" mode or "Quirks" mode. > > > > > Which does it denote ? Note the following from GWT docs. > > > > > Fromhttp://code.google.com/webtoolkit/tutorials/1.6/create.html- > > > > > To provide better cross-browser compatibility, GWT sets the > > > > doctype declaration to HTML 4.01 Transitional. This sets the rendering > > > > engine to "Standards Mode". If you remove this line, the page will be > > > > rendered in "Quirks Mode", ... > > > > > So - TRANSITIONAL denotes STANDARDS mode. > > > > > From the comments in the "host page" auto-gen'ed by webAppCreator - > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional// > > > > EN"> > > > > <!-- The HTML 4.01 Transitional DOCTYPE declaration--> > > > > <!-- above set at the top of the file will set --> > > > > <!-- the browser's rendering engine into --> > > > > <!-- "Quirks Mode". Replacing this declaration --> > > > > <!-- with a "Standards Mode" doctype is supported, --> > > > > <!-- but may lead to some differences in layout. --> > > > > > Or - does TRANSITIONAL denote QUIRKS mode ? > > > > > -robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
