Re: Netscape 4 not rendering Textboxes

Hello,

I'm not sure this info is entirely correct. Here's an example of an input
tag outside the form tag and the page actually validates.

http://jmachado.home.mindspring.com/working/formtest.html

Anyone with a better answer? I am looking for an answer, too.

TIA,

Josu� Machado


----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Lapcewich <Dennis.Lapcewich(at)unisa.edu.au>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Cc: 'Francois de Beer ' <fbeer(at)sars.gov.za>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:42 AM
Subject: RE: Netscape 4 not rendering Textboxes


> 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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