Top "Quirks-mode" questions

A technique used by some web browsers for the sake of maintaining backward compatibility with web pages designed for older browsers

Set element width or height in Standards Mode

Is it possible to set width or height of HTML element (ex. <div>) in JavaScript in Standards Mode? …

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Forcing Internet Explorer 9 to use standards document mode

How can I force Internet Explorer 9 to use standards document mode? I built a website and I'm finding that IE9 …

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What is quirks mode?

In a lot of articles about design, quirks mode is mentioned. Anybody have an idea about this thing in plain …

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How to tell if a browser is in "quirks" mode?

Let's suppose you have a page with a relatively strict doctype and HTML markup that's pretty close to compliant, but …

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How do I get IE9 to use standards compliant mode when developing on localhost?

According to MSDN, all I need to force standards compliant mode is to include the HTML 5 doctype: http://msdn.microsoft.…

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How to programmatically turn off quirks mode in IE8 WebBrowser control?

I want to use IE8 as a WebBrowser control in a C# application. How can I disable "quirks mode" and …

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Why HTML1113: Document mode restart from IE9 Standards to Quirks

I open a webpage in IE9 - and all of a sudden the document mode switches to Quirks mode. The …

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Why can't I make my div 100% height if I use an HTML5 doctype? How do I get it 100% height

I am working on getting the layout sorted for a pretty simple gallery webapp, but when I use an HTML5 …

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Force IE9 into Quirks mode?

I have a page with an iframe, and the iframe contains code that needs to run in quirks mode (it's …

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