RE: [docbook-apps] Re: qanda listings in html output

["Cramer, David W (David)" <dcramer@motive.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Browder [mailto:tom.browder@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:59 PM
> To: Bob Stayton
> Cc: Docbook Apps Help list
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: qanda listings in html output
> 
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 13:07, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I think this is more of a browser problem than an HTML coding
> problem.
> >  Using <p> inside a table cell is commonly done, and should not
> create extra
> > space at the top of the table cell.  Only Firefox pushes the qanda
> number
> > down to the second line. Neither Internet Explorer or Chrome do that.
>  Does
> > anyone know of any other browsers that have this problem?
> 
> Bob, I don't have any complaint now that I went to the xhtml--the
> label problem doesn't exist.  

Hmm, my guess is that Firefox is rendering the html output in quirks mode[1] and the xhtml in standards mode. Staying out of quirks mode is a good thing if you want to keep your sanity while writing css. 

David

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_mode