Ed Seehouse wrote: >> It represents a starting point, not a solution. The xml declation >> above the doctype puts IE in quirksmode (I don't exactly know >> what that >> means, other than it's easier to cope with the 'evil one' that way). >> > > I find it the exact opposite. IE 6 in quirks mode renders any block > element with padding or a border at the wrong width because it's box > model violates the CSS standard. > > If you remove the XML prologue and put it in standards mode it at > least renders block elements at their correct size. If you add 10 px > to each side of a block element it *should* expand the box by 20 px. > > IE is bad enough in standards mode and I can't imagine any reason to > try to cope with it in quirks mode. > Then don't. Different strokes for different folks.
BTW, nothing to do with CSS, but this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> is an XML declaration; not an XML prologue. > Ed Seedhouse > Regards, ~davidLaakso ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
