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I am trying to override a given value by using the attribute selector. i can make it work by applying it to .class but cant make it work with #id.
#sidemenu a {
padding-left: 2px;}
a[id="sidemenu"] {padding-left:15px;}
in my css i use this and it works fine for another job:
a.questions {width:96px;}
a[class="questions"] {width:90px;}
Ive read the specs. for using this selector and it should work fine with #id but i cant seem to find the answer and i would like to avoid using the .class solution. My doc type is xhtml, strict with xml declaration.
thanks in advance
Hafnius
at the top of your document you are in fact in quirks mode in IE6.
Second problem,
#sidemenu aa[id="sidemenu"]So..
#sidemenu a == *[id="sidemenu"] a
a#sidemenu == a[id="sidemenu"]
Why are you doing this any way?
Why not just...
#sidemenu a {
padding-left: 2px;
}
/* ..and then override this with.. */
#sidemenu a {
padding-left:15px
}
?
alrighty then.
Why are you doing this any way?
i was trying to make a textline and an image line up to look exactly the same in ie/moz. pretty simple stuff, but i couldnt make it work, so i resorted to the attribute selector to serve ie and moz with different values.
But i stripped down the markup and began again and i solved it with just some padding. It seems i forgot the KISS princip. but im back on track again.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">at the top of your document you are in fact in quirks mode in IE6.
Say what! is this true. What i have at the top is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
Is this making ie6 use quirks mode?
i have used M$ own reference site for doctype switching, and all xhtml-documents turns on standard-compliance mode. as far as i understand.
am i missing something?
Regards
Hafnius
that xml prologue thing (or whatever it's called) will cause IE6 to render differently than if it isn't there.
Never used it myself, as I believe I read on Tantek Celik site that it's pretty much useless anyway. I'm taking his word for it...
Anyway, google 'quirks mode' and there are some handy links..
I am very glad i found this out - it saves me alot of work and the xml thingy is gone now. i havent read about this any where so i am glad that you guys knew it.
Thanx, Hafnius
