[EMAIL PROTECTED] <> wrote: > Great idea, but i can't get it to work - > > Have tried > > window.document.childNodes[0].nodeValue = '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC > "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" \n > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd";>'; > > and similar in ie6, but the document stays in quirks mode. > > Any ideas or working examples of a doctype change?
You're able to access the doctype through the document.doctype attribute, but I'm pretty sure it's read-only :| > > Also other browsers are returning the html tag not the doctype as the > first node in the document. As they should. The doctype isn't a child node of document (IE in quirks mode probably gets that wrong tho). Had a quick scout around and found this (French): http://darkmag.net/darkBlog/index.php/2004/01/06/4-GenerationDePagesWebL otusNotesConformesAuxStandardsDuW3c Seems to be something about adding the doctype to the HTTP headers output by the server, might be of use to you. -- Lindsay Evans. Developer, Red Square Productions. [p] 8596.4000 [f] 8596.4001 [w] www.redsquare.com.au ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
