Re: NN7 and @import

Right.  And I used it in a style sheet because some of the styles will work
more or less in NN4.x  I just imported those styles that really messed up in
NN4.x.
Karin


> But, if the @import rule is used *within* and external stylesheet, I
believe
> it has to be at the top of that external file
>
> ...?
>
> D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Atkinson
>
> Peter-Paul Koch wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > Actually, the book is quite correct -- I think. Not seeing
> > the example
> > > myself (and not sure what "third line down" is referencing)
> > the logic
> > > is right on. Browsers that understand the @import rule will
> > use it,
> > > even if preceded with other CSS rules.
> >
> >
> > That's not true, unfortunately. The specs are quite clear: @import
> > should come first. Explorer ignores the specs on this point,
> > but Mozilla
> > doesn't. In Mozilla it is therefore necessary to make the
> > @import rule
> > the first style.
> >
> > ppk
>
>
> Seems we may be getting confused on implementation here.
>
> This is an example of how I "used to" do CSS in my HTML pages:
>
> <link rel="StyleSheet" href="browsers < v5.css" />
> <style type="text/css">
> @import url("browsers > v5.css");
> </style>
>
> If I do it that way it works as shown. Browsers that don't
> understand @import will ignore it but apply the "link rel" CSS.
>
> If I turn that around and use:
>
> <style type="text/css">
> @import url("browsers > v5.css");
> </style>
> <link rel="StyleSheet" href="browsers < v5.css" />
>
> It still doesn't bother Browsers that do not understand @import
> as they will still ignore it. But, Browsers the understand both
> become confused and will use some of both -- at least, that is
> what my testing showed with Netscape 4.8, Mozilla 1.2b, and IE
> 5.01. Opera 6.0 correctly used the @import CSS -- no matter if
> @import was first or second and, totally ignored the "link rel"
> CSS no matter if first or second.
>
>
> Part of the confusion is my fault. The statement I made and
> quoted by Paul, is what I used to use when I was coding for
> Netscape <v5.x and still wanted the Browsers >v5.x to show the
> better CSS coding.
>
> It's been a few months now since I started coding "only" for
> Browsers v5.x and higher. It's amazing what a person can forget
> in such a short period of time. :-)
>
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