quirks mode box model

The simple box model can be a little confusing.

My take on the standards mode box model is that the width is the
internal width of the contents. That the width of the box itself would
have to have the padding and border widths added. I find that a little
odd and awkward when setting up "columns", but that's the way it is.

Is that about right?

Now, what do we get in quirks mode and almost standards mode for
calculating widths? Not that I'll be using that doctype, but I'd like to
know. I'm sure there must be an explanation somewhere that I missed.

Jeff

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:42:08 +0100, Jeff <jeff (AT) spam_me_not (DOT) com> wrote:

The simple box model can be a little confusing.

My take on the standards mode box model is that the width is the
internal width of the contents. That the width of the box itself would
have to have the padding and border widths added. I find that a little
odd and awkward when setting up "columns", but that's the way it is.

Is that about right?

Now, what do we get in quirks mode and almost standards mode for
calculating widths? Not that I'll be using that doctype, but I'd like to
know. I'm sure there must be an explanation somewhere that I missed.

http://www.quirksmode.org/css/box.html
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Rik Wasmus

Rik Wasmus wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:42:08 +0100, Jeff <jeff (AT) spam_me_not (DOT) com> wrote:

The simple box model can be a little confusing.

My take on the standards mode box model is that the width is the
internal width of the contents. That the width of the box itself would
have to have the padding and border widths added. I find that a little
odd and awkward when setting up "columns", but that's the way it is.

Is that about right?

Now, what do we get in quirks mode and almost standards mode for
calculating widths? Not that I'll be using that doctype, but I'd like
to know. I'm sure there must be an explanation somewhere that I missed.

http://www.quirksmode.org/css/box.html

Thanks,

It looks I'll have to wait a few years for the box-sizing model to be
widely implemented! It's always something!

Jeff