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Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Stefan Karlsson: "Re: Please, NO !!!! 8-o" Previous message: Paul : "Indented <MENU>s" Next in thread: dolesa@smtp-gw.spawar.navy.mil: "Re: Indented <MENU>s" Paul "S." Wain writes: > Whilst automatically generating some indented menu's (upto 4 deep) I > created the following code: > > GB > <MENU> > Brunel University > <MENU> > Counsellors > <MENU> > <BR> > <A HREF="http://molnir.brunel.ac.uk:4321/...>Dr S Smith</A> > </MENU> > <BR> > Economics > <MENU> > <BR> > <A HREF="http://molnir.brunel.ac.uk:4321/...>Dr J Smith</A> > </MENU> > </MENU> > </MENU> > > Now when viewing this under Lynx I get what I think is the correct > response: > > ==============================LYNX DISPLAY======================= > GB > Brunel University > Counsellors > > [1]Dr S Smith > > Economics > > [2]Dr J Smith > ==============================LYNX DISPLAY======================= > > *BUT* when I view the same HTML with Mosaic I get: > > ==============================MOSAIC DISPLAY======================= > GB > > Brunel University > Counsellors > > Dr S Smith > > Economics > > Dr J Smith > ==============================MOSAIC DISPLAY======================= > > As you can see Mosaic has added in an extra blank line. Am I right in > assuming that this is infact a bug in the mosaic rendering an that the > LYNX output is correct. > > If not, how would I go about doing it?

It's not a bug -- it's a rendering choice made by the browser. As we kneel before the altar of the "ha ha, you can't control what your documents look like in HTML" philosophy, you, dear sinner (nay, blasphemer), can but take solace in the fact that Mosaic is putting a blank line at the start of all toplevel lists, including yours, entirely on purpose. (Why? Primarily because we thought that looked the best for most documents on the Web at the time, as I remember.)