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how to disable dtd at runtime in java’s xpath?

You should be able to specify your own EntityResolver, or use specific features of your parser? See here for some approaches. A more complete example: <?xml version=”1.0″?> <!DOCTYPE foo PUBLIC “//FOO//” “foo.dtd”> <foo> <bar>Value</bar> </foo> And xpath usage: import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import … Read more

Why certain DOCTYPE declarations cause 100%-height tables and divs to stop working?

Because ancient browsers had odd, inconsistent behavior and browsers treat Doctypes like an intelligence test to see if the author is writing code to the standards or to what they learned from W3Schools a decade ago. If you have height: 100% and the height of the parent element is auto then 100% means auto. Generally, … Read more

Hover effects not working with IE8

That should work fine in IE8. A stab in the dark: Make sure you have a doctype as the very first line of your HTML that triggers Standards Mode, such as: <!DOCTYPE html> In Quirks Mode, IE emulates version 5.5, which does not support :hover on elements other than a.

Why do I need a doctype? (What does it do) [duplicate]

All browsers need the doctype. Without the DOCTYPE you are forcing the browsers to render in Quirks Mode. However, DOCTYPE was only partially used by the browsers in determining dialect and parsing, even though that was the purpose. This is why HTML5 has reduced the DOCTYPE to simply: <!DOCTYPE html> 2.2. The DOCTYPE The HTML … Read more

How to get “position:fixed” css to work in IE 7+ with TRANSITIONAL doctype?

You don’t need a Strict DOCTYPE for fixed support. You only need a DOCTYPE that triggers Standards Mode (or ‘almost standards’). That can be a transitional doctype such as: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd”> or XHTML: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> as long as the system ID (the URI … Read more

Can comments appear before the DOCTYPE declaration?

It is fully valid to do <!– this, –> <!DOCTYPE html> However, it brings all versions of IE into quirks-mode (unless it is forced into no-quirks mode — see the Gotchas section below). The simplest is to move the comment below the DOCTYPE. <!DOCTYPE html> <!– this, –> But another way is to “upgrade” the comment … Read more

HTML5 doctype putting IE9 into quirks mode?

Placing: <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge,chrome=1″> in the <head> tag should do it.

Uppercase or lowercase doctype?

In HTML, the DOCTYPE is case insensitive. The following DOCTYPEs are all valid: <!doctype html> <!DOCTYPE html> <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!DoCtYpE hTmL> In XML serializations (i.e. XHTML) the DOCTYPE is not required, but if you use it, DOCTYPE should be uppercase: <!DOCTYPE html> See The XML serialization of HTML5, aka ‘XHTML5’: Note that if you don’t … Read more

What are the different doctypes in html and what do they mean?

Traditionally, a Doctype, or Document Type Declaration associates the document with a Document Type Definition. The Document Type Definition is a standard for a specific XML or SGML document. XML and SGML themselves doesn’t have much of a schema or a very specific set of rules aside from how tags and attributes work in general. … Read more

Any reason not to start using the HTML 5 doctype? [closed]

Well consider this: When serving as text/html, all you need a doctype for is to trigger standards mode. Beyond that, the doctype does nothing as far as browsers are concerned. When serving as text/html, whether you use XHTML markup or HTML markup, it’s treated by browsers as HTML. So, really it comes down to using … Read more