[thelist] IE "box model" hack and xhtml transitional doctype

David Dorward evolt at david.us-lot.org
Mon Jan 5 15:27:25 CST 2004


On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 17:11, Scott Blanchard wrote:
> Can someone confirm that IE5.5 & 6 do not require the box model hack for 
> setting widths when you use this:

Its more complicated then that, and doesn't help with 5.x

http://gutfeldt.ch/matthias/articles/doctypeswitch.html

> Can someone please help me understand this. I did not know that the box 
> model hack could be avoided by using the appropriate doctype.

Well, it is non-obvious voodoo.
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David Dorward                                 <http://dorward.me.uk/>


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