[thelist] dissapearing fieldset
Daniel Szabolcs
dan at mypizzapromo.com
Wed May 25 12:45:32 CDT 2005
Max,
Thanks for your comments. As for the DOCTYPE, it was a slight oversight
on my part, but it has been corrected now, to no avail.
You're absolutly right about my abuse of the element. Chaning it to a
div should fix it up no problem... just wanted to know if there was a
quick fix.
Thanks again,
--Dan
Maximillian Schwanekamp wrote:
> Daniel Szabolcs wrote:
>
>> I have a page that contains a CSS faux-iframe (little more than a few
>> divs with a bit of overflow juggling).
>
>
> It's a faux-frame, so why does the page have a frameset DOCTYPE?
>
>> Within it, I've placed a fieldset element that will act as a kind of
>> navigation. Problem is, in IE the fieldset fails to display within
>> the frame. Why? I've been tearing my hair out with it for over an
>> hour.
>
>
> I can't answer this exactly, except to say that you're abusing the
> fieldset element. Fieldset is a structural element for forms, not a
> layout tool. You should be using a div, which your document suggests
> that you're comfortable with.
>
> Also, your page does not validate due to invalid charset. Probably
> unrelated to the question at hand, but something you should take care
> of if you want to validate your markup - which is always a Good Idea.
>
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