When an HTML page uses the
!DOCTYPE element in Windows Internet Explorer 7 or in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, a Vector Markup Language (VML) element is not displayed in strict standards-compliant mode.
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To resolve this problem, set the VML style to "display:inline-block" by using the following code:
vml\:* {
behavior: url(#default#VML);display:inline-block
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
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The VML element is displayed correctly if you do both of the following:
| • | Do not use strict standards-compliant mode. |
| • | Remove the !DOCTYPE element. |
For more information about strict standards-compliant mode, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
To reproduce this problem, use the following page:
<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:vml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml">
<head>
<title>VML Oval</title>
<style type="text/css">
vml\:* {
behavior: url(#default#VML);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>VML Oval</h1>
<div>
<vml:oval style="width:100pt;height:50pt" fillcolor="red">
</vml:oval>
</div>
</body>
</html>Back to the top
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