RE: Netscape 4 not rendering Textboxes

> Netscape is working according to standard.

For a change!!

:u)

Tim



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Dennis Lapcewich
> Sent: 01 June 2000 12:42
> To: 'hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org '
> Cc: 'Francois de Beer '
> Subject: RE: Netscape 4 not rendering Textboxes
> 
> 
> >  Hi all
> >  How come Netscape 4 does not want to render <input>'s 
> without it being
> >  in a <form> as in: <form><input></form>????
> 
> Because they are control elements *within* a form.  :)
> 
> Attempting to use <input> control elements without the 
> surrounding <form>
> </form> tags is non-standard and unsupported.  Don't blame 
> Netscape for not
> rendering such control elements when used in a 
> non-standard/unsupported fashion
> because Netscape is working according to standard.
> 
> If you are designing a page with a browser that renders such 
> control elements
> without the required <form> </form> tags, it is a bad 
> browser, plain and
> simple.
> 
> I suggest you use Opera or Netscape as your browser of choice 
> in the first
> instance when designing pages.  By doing this, you may find 
> your page will
> render with a higher degree of reliability in more browsers 
> the first time than
> using a different browser that accepts sloppy non-standard code.  :)
> 
> 
> Dennis
> 

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