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My suspicion is that the white space within the markup (e.g., the newlines and tabs that make the table code nicely legible) are at fault. I've encountered similar issues before, where space in the markup resulted in annoying space on the screen, even where it would appear not to matter (e.g., between <li> tags).

Try collapsing the table markup onto a single lengthy line.

VoteyDisciple 2010-06-01 22:22:17

no, i've tested this with no whitespace whatsoever. it's as if the renderer adds the whitespace when using the strict doctype.

pstanton 2010-06-01 22:58:07

Answer 2

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Not sure why the space occurs. As far as a fix goes, if you don't mind explicitly setting a height for your table cell, you can add display:block; and height:60px; to your td styles.

edl 2010-06-01 22:33:03

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As you can see in this table, the first Doctype triggers quirks mode in all browsers, the second will trigger standards mode.

The rest of this story is continued at Images, Tables, and Mysterious Gaps:

Setting images to be blocks

The first choice, and one that will work for most graphically-intense designs, is to convert the image from being an inline element to a block-level element. Do that, and it no longer generates a line box, and so the problem goes away-- assuming that the image is the only thing that occupies that table cell. In the simplest case, we might add a style like this:
td img {display: block;}

Marcel Korpel 2010-06-01 22:33:49

I just found that article as well. +1 for being faster. :)

edl 2010-06-01 22:37:30

so the solution is to add `display:block;` on the image.. amend the answer and i'll give the tick!

pstanton 2010-06-01 23:26:17

Answer 4

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The first DOCTYPE will render your page in almost standards mode:

"Almost standards" mode rendering matches "standards" mode in all details except for one. The layout of images inside table cells is handled the same way "quirks" mode operates.

The second DOCTYPE will render your page in standards mode.

wrumsby 2010-08-25 02:00:57

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