"Martin J. Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/10/2004 11:28:07 PM:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thanks for the clarification. However, I still don't understand WHY a > > page requires a doctype declaration (in my case HTML 4.0 > > transitional) just to make a font-size style cascade from body > > through to td. > > > I believe it's simply that quirks mode follows older browser behavior, > where td's did not inherit styles from body, or anything else outside > of their table. In standards mode, they do (correctly) inherit the > styles. > > Look at your pages in Win/IE 5 or anything older to see it, regardless > of doctype. This was also why, in the bad old days, every single > table cell needed its own <font> tag - there was no way to set the > style outside the table and have it be inherited. Ah ha! That's exactly what I was wanting to know. Thank you very much. Regards, Jonathan Coper Manager of Information / Website Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) or its related entities. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
