Closed
Bug 86273
Opened 25 years ago
Closed 25 years ago
HTML 4.0 Draft version string causes most of page to be not rendered.
Categories
(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)
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RESOLVED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: yoderw, Assigned: harishd)
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Details
Attachments
(2 files)
Mozilla rendering of page
If the code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Draft//EN">
is at the beginning of a file, most of the page is not rendered.
The <title> is displayed in the application title bar, and the page background
image is displayed, but nothing else is. Also, the View > Page Source command
shows the complete source.
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Comment 1•25 years ago
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Comment 2•25 years ago
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Comment 3•25 years ago
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The problem seems to be as follows:
1) We don't recognize the HTML 4.0 Draft doctype as a quirks doctype and parse
the page in strict mode. This includes strict comment parsing.
2) We encounter the following HTML:
<!-- Do not alter -- this skips over the red area in the content background
graphic. -->
Note the "--" in the comment. In strict mode this ends the comment. then the
"--" right before the ">" starts a new comment. The rest of the page is
effectively commented out as a result.
Over to parser. Should we treat "HTML 4.0 Draft" in quirks mode?
Assignee: clayton → harishd
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: HTML Element → Parser
Ever confirmed: true
Boris: IMO, unknown DOCTYPEs should be treated as strict. Is HTML 4.0 Draft a
known DOCTYPE?
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
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Comment 5•25 years ago
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Harish, that was my question. I'd never heard of it till this bug was filed.
But should we add it to our list of known doctypes?
Doug, I can't find any references to "HTML 4.0 Draft" as a W3C-sanctioned
doctype. Is it?
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Comment 6•25 years ago
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Upon inspection, I don't see the draft DOCTYPE either.
This was in the template given to me by the school webmaster. I have since
notified him, and changed my usage of the DOCTYPE.
I agree, unknown DOCTYPEs should be handled as strict.
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Comment 7•25 years ago
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Doug, thanks for checking it out!
Resolving invalid since we seem to be doing the right thing here.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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