Different browsers will use different modes depending on the DocType used. No DocType at all will always trigger Quirks mode. The only ones I have found that trigger Standards mode across most browsers are HTML 4.01 Strict and xHTML 1.0 Strict.
For more of an explanation try this link http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/ While most browsers will try to use pixels for non specified units in CSS, its not in the spec and you can't count on it over time. Better to explicitly state the unit. -----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:04 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CSS Help Sandy Clark wrote: > You need a doctype in there, otherwise IE is going to go into quirks > mode Try HTML 4.01 strict, that should be a start. Wow, that breaks everything! =) How about 4.01 Transitional? > As to the rest, maincontent has a width of 100%. The question is 100% > of what? Children in the dom inherit the width of their parents. Try > to set percentages for nav and side content as well and make sure the > three of them add up to 100%. Can't do that. My left nav and side bar areas can't be a percentage, they are fixed widths. So the width on my center area was set to 100%. I actually removed it so it would use the inherited "auto" width. > #nav { > float: left; > width: 160; > .... > } > CSS does not recognize lengths without units (with the exception of > 0). Is this pixels? If so it should be set as 160px. Don't mix > absolute lengths and relative lengths tho. (pixels and %). You won't get what you want. Actually, all browsers seem to recognize that a width without a unit is a pixel width, but for readability, I'll add px. As for mixing absolute and relative lengths - well, I don't want to set an absolute length on my mainContent div because I want it to take up all the remaining space. Setting the width to "Auto" should take care of that. Sigh. I should've taken that CSS Box Model class again at CFUNITED! Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215248 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
