Re: Strange behavior

Hi Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael J. Langum <MJLANGUM(at)opm.gov>
[snip]
> The original writer of the page placed an anchor tag with attribute
> NAME="TOP" at the top of the inner cell.  I thought it would be
> better form to put this anchor above the entire table block, and
> moved it just below the "BODY" tag.
>
> When I tested the page (in IE3), clicking on my up-arrow gifs sent
> me to the MIDDLE of the central cell, not the top.  Whe I added a
> non-blanking space to the "TOP" anchor tag, it worked.  Can
> anyone explain?

Some browsers/versions simply don't like empty A tags, I'm afraid.  Those
that don't tend to produce erratic results when confronted with one, as
you've just discovered.  Quote here from the HTML 4.0 spec:

=== start quote ===
Note. User agents should be able to find anchors created by empty A
elements, but some fail to do so. For example, some user agents may not
find the "empty-anchor" in the following HTML fragment:

<A name="empty-anchor"></A>
<EM>...some HTML...</EM>
<A href="#empty-anchor">Link to empty anchor</A>
=== end quote ===

Regards,
Donna
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