[WSG] DOCTYPE prevents script processing in IE!
Hi,
Adding DOCTYPE stops page functioning with IE!
The following HTML works (in QUIRKS) for both IE and
Firefox...alertING Key Pressed!...erm...when a key is pressed.
html lang=en-US
head
title
Keypress testing.
/title
meta http-equiv=Content-Type
content=text/html;charset=utf-8
script type=text/javascript
function handleKeyPress(evt) {
alert(Key pressed!)
}
/script
/head
body onkeydown=handleKeyPress(event);
pPress a key!/p
/body
/html
However, adding...
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd;
...before the HTML...makes the Firefox page valid AND it still works ok.
Whereas the IE page, though also now valid, but no alert appears upon key press!
What's the story?
Cheers,
Simon
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Re: [WSG] DOCTYPE prevents script processing in IE!
Im at college at the moment, i tryed it with and without the doctype and it
worked fine. They are using IE6, i cant test on IE7 until i get home.
If everything is valid i cant see there being a problem, but there obviously
it.
Regrads
James
On 10/8/07, Simon Cockayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Adding DOCTYPE stops page functioning with IE!
The following HTML works (in QUIRKS) for both IE and
Firefox...alertING Key Pressed!...erm...when a key is pressed.
html lang=en-US
head
title
Keypress testing.
/title
meta http-equiv=Content-Type
content=text/html;charset=utf-8
script type=text/javascript
function handleKeyPress(evt) {
alert(Key pressed!)
}
/script
/head
body onkeydown=handleKeyPress(event);
pPress a key!/p
/body
/html
However, adding...
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd;
...before the HTML...makes the Firefox page valid AND it still works ok.
Whereas the IE page, though also now valid, but no alert appears upon key
press!
What's the story?
Cheers,
Simon
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Re: [WSG] DOCTYPE prevents script processing in IE!
Quoting Simon Cockayne [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Adding DOCTYPE stops page functioning with IE! Works fine for me (IE7 and IE6) with and without DOCTYPE. Are you running it locally, and if so did you ignore the IE warning about scripting/activeX ? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __ Co-lead, Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __ Take it to the streets ... join the WaSP Street Team http://streetteam.webstandards.org/ __ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] DOCTYPE prevents script processing in IE!
On 10/8/07, Simon Cockayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Adding DOCTYPE stops page functioning with IE!
The following HTML works (in QUIRKS) for both IE and
Firefox...alertING Key Pressed!...erm...when a key is pressed.
html lang=en-US
head
title
Keypress testing.
/title
meta http-equiv=Content-Type
content=text/html;charset=utf-8
script type=text/javascript
function handleKeyPress(evt) {
alert(Key pressed!)
}
/script
/head
body onkeydown=handleKeyPress(event);
pPress a key!/p
/body
/html
However, adding...
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd;
...before the HTML...makes the Firefox page valid AND it still works ok.
Whereas the IE page, though also now valid, but no alert appears upon key
press!
Does it matter whether you return true or false? Because every example
I've seen returns something, but you don't return anything.
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Christian Montoya
christianmontoya.net
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