[css-d]

Sent by James Craig on 4 March 2003 20:08

I sent this to the WebDesign-L list a few days ago but got no response. Any
help would be appreciated.

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Notes: This is unrelated to the line-height gaps in Mozilla's standards mode
and I'm not referring to the vertical-align property in CSS.

I have noticed that valid doctypes (with the full URL) can negatively affect
CSS height (and vertical centering in MacIE5)... Has anyone noticed this
before and do you know if there is a way to maintain a valid HTML/XHTML
doctype without sacrificing visual control?

Included some examples:

Height: (tested on Win IE6 and Win Moz 1.3)
  Working example:
    http://www.cookiecrook.com/bugtests/height.htm
  Non-working copy (same except added valid doctype):
    http://www.cookiecrook.com/bugtests/height_doctype.htm

Vertical Centering:
  Example originally from:
    http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/thebox/deadcentre3.html
  Direct copy here:
    http://www.cookiecrook.com/bugtests/deadcentre3.htm
  Copy with valid DTD here (breaks in Mac IE5):
    http://www.cookiecrook.com/bugtests/deadcentre3_doctype.htm

Thanks,
James Craig

Message thread:

[css-d] - James Craig, 4th March 2003 20:47
- [css-d] Valid doctype affects CSS percentage height (and verticalcentering in MacIE5) - Steven Champeon, 4th March 2003 21:05
- [css-d] Valid doctype affects CSS percentage height (and - Adam Kuehn, 4th March 2003 21:12
- [css-d] Valid doctype affects CSS percentage height (andvertical centering in MacIE5) - Ian Hickson, 5th March 2003 00:18

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