IE compatible vs. strict mode

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VK - 21 Dec 2005 08:35 GMT

Somewhere on MSDN I've seen a very small burk about how offsetSomething
is calculated in compatibility vs. strict mode. Something like some
margins(?) are included into calculation and some not - depending on
the mode. I put my life on that I've seen it but I was stupid enough to
not bookmark it right away. Now I cannot find it: was it offsetWidth?
innerHeight? some addon article?
I'm just sure that it was on MSDN and orginally navigated using IE from
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/referen
ce/dhtml_reference_entry.asp>

Anyone?

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RobG - 22 Dec 2005 03:49 GMT

> Somewhere on MSDN I've seen a very small burk about how offsetSomething
> is calculated in compatibility vs. strict mode. Something like some
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>
> Anyone?

Maybe this helps:

<URL: http://www.quirksmode.org/viewport/compatibility.html >

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VK - 24 Dec 2005 16:06 GMT

> Maybe this helps:
>
> <URL: http://www.quirksmode.org/viewport/compatibility.html >

This too, thanks.

Finally I've found it:

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnie60/html/css
enhancements.asp>
<quote>
With Internet Explorer 6 or later, when you use the !DOCTYPE
declaration to switch on standards-compliant mode, the width and height
properties specify the distance between the left and right edges and
top and bottom edges of the bounding box, respectively. The border and
padding belts are not included.
</quote>

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