Re: wc3 error

From: Steve Pugh (steve_at_pugh.net)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:45:07 +0100

Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> wrote:
>>"Terje Sæternes" <terje@cyberfactory.no> wrote in message
>>news:I%Hqc.2432$eH3.50957@news4.e.nsc.no...
>
>>> Thanks, all errors gone, BUT why wont the 100% height table display
>>> correct in Opera? It works fine in IE. And yes I've set the tableheigt in css with
>>> this code: .hovedtabell{BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none;
>>> BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; height: 100% }
>
>Without seeing the whole of the page it's impossible to say but I'd
>hazard a guess that the table is the only thing in the page? And that
>the height of the content inside the table is less than the height of
>the browser window? So 100% in that case would be 100% of the height
>of the parent which is body, and 100% of the height of body is the
>height of the content, so round in circles we go.

Hmm, actually, which versions of IE and Opera are you using?
IE6 and Opera 7.5 behave identically in both quirks and standards mode
(i.e. in quirks mode they get it wrong and make the table the height
of the window, whilst in standards mode they get it right and make the
table only as high as its contents).

So I'm guessing that either your actual code is more complex or you're
using IE5.x and Opera 7.x with a doctype that triggers standards mode
in the latter.

        Steve 

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