Hi,
The height of the div that contains my MapView collapses to zero if I add the HTML5 DOCTYPE declaration, <!DOCTYPE html>, but it has the correct height if I don't have the HTML5 DOCTYPE declaration. This happens both in IE 11 and Chrome. When I look at the developer tools in each browser, the only change I notice when the DOM is rendered is the following:
With HTML5 DOCTYPE:
In Chrome
<SPAN class="doctype token"><!DOCTYPE html></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>html</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">class</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>dj_webkit dj_chrome dj_contentbox<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>head</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">charset</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>utf-8<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>viewport<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">content</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>initial-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,maximum-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,user-scalable<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>no<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
In IE 11
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>html</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">class</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>dj_trident dj_trident7 dj_contentbox<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>head</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">charset</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>utf-8<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>viewport<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">content</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>initial-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,maximum-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,user-scalable<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>no<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
Without HTML5 DOCTYPE:
In Chrome
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>html</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">class</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>dj_quirks dj_webkit dj_chrome dj_contentbox<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>head</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">charset</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>utf-8<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>viewport<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">content</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>initial-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,maximum-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,user-scalable<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>no<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
In IE 11
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>html</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">class</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>dj_quirks dj_trident dj_trident7 dj_contentbox<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>head</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">charset</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>utf-8<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>meta</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>viewport<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">content</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>initial-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,maximum-scale<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>1,user-scalable<SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN>no<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
Some of my code is here, viewmap is the MapView container div.
<SPAN class="selector token"><style>
body</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
<SPAN class="property token">font-family</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Helvetica Neue"</SPAN>, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif<SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="property token">min-height</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> 100%<SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="property token">margin</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> 0px<SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="property token">background-color</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">rgb</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>230, 247, 255<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>
<SPAN class="selector token">#viewMap</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
<SPAN class="property token">padding</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> 0<SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="property token">height</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> 35%<SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="property token">width</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> 100%<SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Why is this happening? I would like to set my document to HTML5 but not have the map div collapse to zero height. Thanks,