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Jitendra Vyas
Jitendra Vyas

Reputation: 152707

Why does the XHTML 1.1 doctype trigger quirks mode?

I'm not using the XML declaration <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

I'm only using this DTD as a first thing in a page? which has no problem rendering in strict mode.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

It validated as quirks mode with this site http://vesa.piittinen.name/doctype/

(I can't give the link to the site on which I'm working)

In IE 6 it shows almost standards mode, and in FF it shows full standards mode.

Should I change my doctype to get the same rendering in all browser?

I'm having a rendering problem in a site

Upvotes: 1

Views: 455

Answers (3)

tahdhaze09
tahdhaze09

Reputation: 2213

Check here:

http://www.quirksmode.org/css/quirksmode.html1 - this is the right link.

Check the Compatibility Master Table. Do you HAVE to make it work for IE6? I would suggest trying to convince the client that IE6 is not a browser to use.

Aside from that, use 4.01 Strict and make sure you validate you pages.

Upvotes: -1

Gabriele Petrioli
Gabriele Petrioli

Reputation: 196002

Your doctype is fine..

The problem lies with a specific bug (IE6 double margin on floated elements) you are dealing in your other post.. See there for an answer to the problem ..

Upvotes: 3

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943630

Based on the documentation on that site:

Internet Explorer 7 and 6 don't have a real non-quirks mode, it is similar to the limited quirks mode of the other browsers. IE 5.5 and before only have a quirks mode.

It is because the author is letting his dislike of Internet Explorer stop him from using the accepted terminology for the rendering modes of that browser. IE6 Standards/Strict Mode isn't "good enough" so he calls it "Limited Quirks Mode"

Upvotes: 1

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