[thelist] Doctypes and selecting text on IE 6

Michael Efford michael at michaelefford.com.au
Tue Sep 3 02:46:01 CDT 2002


Hi all,

I have 2 versions of the same page here but with different doctypes...

XHTML Transitional
http://www.michaelefford.com.au/asset/index_xhtml.shtml

HTML Transitional
http://www.michaelefford.com.au/asset/index_html.shtml

The problem I am having is in IE 6.  Using the XHTML doctype causes very
wierd things to happen when you try and select any text on the page.
Basically, it either selects all or nothing.
Using the HTML doctype fixes that issue, but then the page doesn't validate
because of all the /> at the end of tags.

Is there a way to make it XHTML valid, and have decent text selections in IE
6?

A more minor issue is in Mozilla RC1, the XHTML page does wierd things to
the menu..adding spaces between the table. It doesn't do this in the HTML
version of the page.

Any insight appreciated!

Regards,
Michael Efford.

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