Re: Netscape padding vs. IE padding using CSS

by "Mike Taylor" <lonewolf(at)one.net>

 Date:  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 09:27:56 -0400
 To:  <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
 References:  MIKETAYLOR01 riveraamd
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(SIGH)

Yet *another* hack to make things work the way they should have in the first
place.  The Tantek Box Model is a hack for the box CSS to be rendered
correctly in these browsers.  But since it's a hack, it's not valid and
proper CSS, so it won't validate....and if the whole point of all this is to
make sure things validate....well, do I need to go any further?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Rivera" <lists(at)timrivera.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 1:49 AM
Subject: Re: Netscape padding vs. IE padding using CSS


> > I've noticed that Netscape seems to add spacing to the total width and
> > height of a DIV if you use the padding attribute.  Internet Explorer
doesn't
> > seem to do this.
>
> Actually, IE6 *does* do this when in standards compliance mode. Have you
never
> heard of the faulty IE box model, hence the need for the "Tantek Box Model
> Hack"?
>
> http://www.tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html
>
> IE6 renders that example page in standards compliance mode, therefore the
> widths are rendered correctly. If you were to either remove the DTD from
the
> page or add the ?xml prolog, IE6 would go into quirks mode and render the
> boxes as wide as the red line.
>
>
> Tim
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>

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