If you have a valid doctype with nothing (or whitespace) on the preceding lines then there's no reason why it should be rendering in quirks mode, I've never experienced this in IE7 anyway.
Do you have a link? > -----Original Message----- > From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Bennett > Sent: 29 January 2007 19:59 > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] IE7 and the * html hack > > Hi all, > > I have a page which should be rendering in standards mode in > IE7 (i.e.: it has a doctype and doesn't have the xml prolog). > According to Chris Wilson the * html hack should not apply in > this case (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/09/15/467901.aspx) > > What I'm finding is that IE7 is applying the * html rule the > same way as IE6. This is beneficial for me, as it fixes a > font-sizing issue in both browsers, but I want to know WHY > it's occurring. > > How does one go about finding out whether IE7 is rendering in > quirks or standards/strict mode? > > Paul ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
