Re: Media Type / @Import url

alun (AT) pentangle (DOT) co.uk (Alun) wrote:

@import url("style/screen2.css") screen;
@import url("style/print.css") print;

IE6.0 Does'nt render the styles at all but Opera and Netscape do.

UAs are notoriously buggy in their support for CSS media rules,
unsurprisingly IE is again amongst the worst.

What works for me is a combination of linking, importing and media
wrappers inside the css files. I aim to support IE5.5+, Moz and Opera.

Example:
HTML: http://www.pan-europe.utvinternet.ie (also links in a handheld SS)
First SS: http://www.pan-europe.utvinternet.ie/css/one.css
Second SS: http://www.pan-europe.utvinternet.ie/css/two638.css

Note that this method is not spec compliant, a stylesheet that is linked
in without a specified media type is supposed to apply to screen only,
but Opera, Moz and IE all use the print section.

Test extensively in all UAs that *you* want to be compatible with
because of the many bugs.

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kchayka <usenet (AT) c-net (DOT) us> wrote:

Note that this method is not spec compliant, a stylesheet that is linked
in without a specified media type is supposed to apply to screen only,

Where in the spec does it say this? The media reference I found says
quite the opposite:

URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#x5
"In the absence of any media types, the import is unconditional.
Specifying 'all' for the medium has the same effect."

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present...tml#adef-media
media = media-descriptors [CI]
This attribute specifies the intended destination medium for style
information. It may be a single media descriptor or a comma-separated
list. The default value for this attribute is "screen".

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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:37:10 +0100, Spartanicus <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote:

kchayka <usenet (AT) c-net (DOT) us> wrote:

Note that this method is not spec compliant, a stylesheet that is
linked
in without a specified media type is supposed to apply to screen only,

Where in the spec does it say this? The media reference I found says
quite the opposite:

URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#x5
"In the absence of any media types, the import is unconditional.
Specifying 'all' for the medium has the same effect."

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present...tml#adef-media
media = media-descriptors [CI]
This attribute specifies the intended destination medium for style
information. It may be a single media descriptor or a comma-separated
list. The default value for this attribute is "screen".

In practice, browser don't handle it this way. Style sheets without media
attribute are handled as 'media=all'.

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