XHTML CSS and Height attribute

[guitardave78]

A while back I remember being told that you could or should no longer use Height in your css if you were using XHTML

Is this right?

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[Vragabond]

Unless it is an image tag you're talking about, you're right -- height belongs in the CSS not in the (X)HTML.

 

[ChrisHirst]

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[guitardave78]

No mean has it been dropped from css, i was told that xhtml would ignore it in the css

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[monksnake]

A while back I remember being told that you could or should no longer use Height in your css if you were using XHTML

Is this right?

You SHOULD use height in your CSS and not as an attribute on an XHTML tag; only exception to that rule is the <img> tag. I personally think that will change eventually though (the <img> tag thingy).

This is correct:

<div style="height:10px">content</div>

This is incorrect:

<div height="10">content</div>

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[guitardave78]

Cool thanks

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[Foamcow]

What you might find though is, if you specify height as a percentage then it doesn't behave the way you exepect it to.

Reading between the lines I think that's what you might be getting at.

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[guitardave78]

Maybe, that is when you need to give body and html a height if I am not mistaken.

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