On 6/14/05, Don Hinshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Al Sparber wrote:
>
> >
> > I won't debate your personal preference versus mine - they both can
> > achieve good results if handled properly. CSS expressions as
> > advertised sometimes on this list lead to slutions that are not clear
> > about quirks mode versus standards mode and can easily cause a
> > recursive loop in IE 6 - freezing the browser.
> >
> I have a question about this: if using a DOCTYPE of:
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
>
> Is there any way to put IE into quirks mode such that CSS expressions can
> safely be used? Is it even necessary?
> I am trying to implement a solution using them and do not want to create more
> problems.
>
Put a comment on the line before the doctype declaration. It's an IE
bug* that it only switches doctype if the doctype declaration is on
line 1 of the source.
*Or 'silly oversight' because a quirk of a proprietary behaviour is
arguably not a bug given the lack of any standard to define expected
behaviour
--
Richard Grevers
New Plymouth, New Zealand
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