- From: ValerieGSharp <ValerieGSharp@netscapeonline.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:41:59 +0100
- To: Jan Roland Eriksson <jrexon@newsguy.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Jan Roland Eriksson wrote:
> [...]
>
> >If so, how can one specify a height property for it, when according to
> >HTML4.01 neither 'height' nor 'style' are valid attributes for it?
>
> In your linked external stylesheet...
>
> HTML { height: 100%;}
>
> ...but personally I would not bother with the HTML element, set your
> initial values for the BODY element instead, better chance of some
> support that way.
>
Thanks for the reply.
'Twas beginning to dawn on me that that was the way to do it.
However, M17 (probably quite rightly) doesn't accept height:100% on BODY
as sufficient, it not being the initial containing block - and while
that remains 'auto', then BODY height 100% will be auto too.
[M17 also (probably quite wrongly) doesn't accept height:100% on HTML as
sufficient - but that's another story...]
So, seems like it would be wise to use both.
--
Regards,
Val Sharp - Edinburgh
Received on Sunday, 27 August 2000 10:42:25 UTC