- From: Neff, Robert <Robert.Neff@usmint.treas.gov>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:20:58 -0500
- To: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Here is a gotcha. Any ideas?
Trying to use HTML 4.0 but make it backward compatible with HTML 3.2.
Trying to center a table here, and both <CENTER> and <DIV=CENTER> are
deprecated
in HTML 4. The 4.0 spec says to use <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER>, but this is not
read
by many lower-version browsers.
So if we stay within spec, we'll lose visibility on the lower-version
browsers.
Any ideas on how to get around this?
How about using both tags where necessary, thereby conforming to the HTML 4
spec while permitting lower-level browsers to see the format
properly. So, the table would be:
<CENTER>
<TABLE ALIGN=CENTER>
etc etc etc
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
Would this be acceptable? Could try the <P ALIGN=CENTER> angle, which is
supported in 4.0 spec, but I seem to recall lower-version browsers having a
problem with that one too....
Thanks,rob
Received on Wednesday, 24 March 1999 11:21:10 UTC