Stylesheets - Multiple rendering modes for same page

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Multiple rendering modes for same page

Karl Smith

2004-02-26, 1:29 am

This page:

http://users.tpg.com.au/karl6740/css/multi-mode_1.html

- uses "CSS1Compat" mode in Opera 7.23 but "BackCompat" mode in MSIE 6
and "QuirksMode" in Mozilla 1.6.

Whereas this page:

http://users.tpg.com.au/karl6740/css/multi-mode_2.html

- uses "CSS1Compat" mode in MSIE 6 and Mozilla 1.6 but "QuirksMode"
mode in Opera 7.23.

Can anyone tell me why it is provoking the same mode in Mozilla as it
is MSIE?

--
Karl Smith.
(Yes folks, I'm doing my bit to make the situation even more
complicated than it is already. Why should Meyer and Hickson have all
the fun?)

Steve Pugh

2004-02-26, 6:29 am

google-2003-03@kjsmith.com (Karl Smith) wrote:

>http://users.tpg.com.au/karl6740/css/multi-mode_2.html
>
>- uses "CSS1Compat" mode in MSIE 6 and Mozilla 1.6 but "QuirksMode"
>mode in Opera 7.23.
>
>Can anyone tell me why it is provoking the same mode in Mozilla as it
>is MSIE?

Looks like Moz is somehow using the doctype inside the conditional
comment to determine the rendering mode.


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

Triggers CSS1Compat.


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

Triggers BackCompat.


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

Triggers BackCompat.

Looks like a bug. If I had the energy I'd search Bugzilla for it.

Steve

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Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/>

Karl Smith

2004-02-27, 5:28 am

Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> wrote:

> Looks like a bug. If I had the energy I'd search Bugzilla for it.

It's bug 235798 now.