@import and netscape 6x

[jarow]

Netscape recognizes all the following styles when I have the styles directly on the page:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
select {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
}
form
{
margin: 10px;
}
#optsub
{
color: #000099;
}

-->
</style>

However, when I try to import the above as a separate style sheet , Netscape does not maintain font size nor font weight. Here is the import code I am using:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
@import url("libraryitems.css");
-->
</style>

Any idea what the problem is?

Many thanks.

P.S. import works fine in IE

[choster]

Which Netscape? NS 4 does not support @import at all.

Be sure the path to libraryitems.css is correct. If it's in your root directory and the file is being delivered from the /products subdirectory, you'd need to change your url to ../products.

Also, browsers seem to be picky about url-- different versions and platforms prefer different methods of spacing and quotes. According to [dithered.com...] , using the url(somefile.css) form (no space between url and the opening parenthesis, no quote marks) appears to be the most widely supported.

[DrDoc]

1) Do not use quotes for the url attribute
2) Do not use HTML style quotes if it's an XHTML page (personally, I'd get rid of them altogether)

[TheDoctor]

Different browsers recognise different specs for the @import statement. You might like to check out who ignores what [centricle.com]. NN4 ignores all possible alternative formulations.

[DrDoc]

NN4 ignores all possible alternative formulations.

Good thing this is NN6 then ;)

when I try to import the above as a separate style sheet...

You're not including the <style> tags in the external style sheet, are you?