Why do we need DOCTYPE to the HTML/JSP pages?
Question
Why do we need doctype in HTML/JSP pages? Pages seem to work without it.
6 answers
solution1
8 ACCPTED 2010-06-30 09:19:20
Zeldman wrote
Per HTML and XHTML standards, a DOCTYPE (short for “document type declaration”) informs the validator which version of (X)HTML you're using, and must appear at the very top of every web page. DOCTYPEs are a key component of compliant web pages: your markup and CSS won't validate without them.
and Take a look at 24 Ways Article " Transitional vs. Strict Markup "
at coming HTML 5 , you'll only need to declare
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
solution2
8 2010-06-30 11:21:40
Escpecially Microsoft IE has a major problem with certain doctypes or a complete lack of doctype. At the bottom of this page you can find a concise overview of browser behaviour in combination with certain doctypes. There are three standard behaviours:
- Q - Quirksmode. You really don't want to have that. It triggers box model bug in IE. The CSS
widthandheightthen incorrectly covers thepaddingandborder. - A - Almost standards mode. Affordable, only vertical sizing of table cells is not as per CSS2 spec. Useful if you want to avoid mysterious gaps of images in table cells .
- S - Standards mode. Browser tries to be fully w3 HTML/CSS standard compliant. Preferred mode since it's the only mode you can be less or more certain that your website will look exactly the same in all browsers.
Here's a piece of HTML which demonstrates the box model bug in IE. Copy'n'paste'n'run it. With <!DOCTYPE html> present, you'll see a rectangle. Without the doctype line you'll see a genuine square.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Remove DOCTYPE to trigger quirksmode</title>
<style>
#box {
background: yellow;
width: 100px;
padding: 20px;
border: 20px solid black;
margin: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="box">box</div>
</body>
</html>
The influence of this IE bug is the most noticeable when you want a "pixelperfect" webdesign.
solution3
1 2010-06-30 09:06:43
See http://www.quirksmode.org/css/quirksmode.html for the full discussion; in short, doctype is supposed to trigger quirks/strict mode of page rendering and behavior.
Unfortunately, people started throwing in doctypes without knowing what they do, thereby lessening their usefullness.
solution4
0 2013-09-25 03:13:46
当然，所有的html文档都需要DOCTYPE来声明html的版本并告诉浏览器如何翻译html以便你避免许多浏览器错误。
solution5
0 2014-10-14 20:10:44
When you set the DOCTYPE on a page this forces the browser into standards compliance mode, which enforces stricter rendering rules.
If you don't use it, IE could drop back into quirks mode, which could cause page display issues.
See this link on Remember to declare your doctype .
solution6
0 2015-08-11 16:02:22
doctype it is an instruction to the browser about the version of the markup language is use. doctype enable the html Attribute.
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