CSS height property, percentage values & DOCTYPE The first part of your question asking how to apply a 100% height to your div has been answered several times by others. Essentially, declare a height on the root element: html { height: 100%; } A complete explanation can be found here: Working with the CSS height … Read more
The most significant use of DOCTYPE is to switch a browser between Quirks Mode and Standards Mode rendering. This functionality came about because of the “broken” rendering in old versions of IE. It was realised that if Microsoft just “fixed” the IE rendering engine lots of existing sites would not render properly. So the way … Read more
Traditionally, a Doctype, or Document Type Declaration associates the document with a Document Type Definition. The Document Type Definition is a standard for a specific XML or SGML document. XML and SGML themselves doesn’t have much of a schema or a very specific set of rules aside from how tags and attributes work in general. … Read more
I had the same problem with one of my sites. i found this answer here: “With an HTML5 doctype, images receive what seems to be the line-height attribute which text normally gets, and thus you get a “margin” underneath them. You can either set them to display:block or line-height:0, although I haven’t tested the latter … Read more
Question 1: Why? Because it’s by default not a block element. Question 2: How to fix that? Make it a block element using display: block;, or an inline block by display: inline-block;.
It’s an integral part of HTML as defined in the specification: 8.1.1 The DOCTYPE A DOCTYPE is a required preamble. DOCTYPEs are required for legacy reasons. When omitted, browsers tend to use a different rendering mode that is incompatible with some specifications. Including the DOCTYPE in a document ensures that the browser makes a best-effort … Read more
The standard has been simplified because the previous doctypes were too cryptic. The new doctype is simply <!DOCTYPE html> . You may wonder why it is not <!DOCTYPE html5> but it is simply because it is just an update to the standard of HTML and not a new version of anything. As you can see … Read more
It is fully valid to do <!– this, –> <!DOCTYPE html> However, it brings all versions of IE into quirks-mode (unless it is forced into no-quirks mode — see the Gotchas section below). The simplest is to move the comment below the DOCTYPE. <!DOCTYPE html> <!– this, –> But another way is to “upgrade” the comment … Read more
Try this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13524518/1679310. Summary, give the IE browser more information in the meta tag: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>My Web</title> <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge” /> Edit Note: As Olly Hodgson mentioned, the proper option is IE=edge, as currently stated in the above snippet. Below is the original, also working version: <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=100″ />