Closed Bug 84636 Opened 23 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Debug menu item for re-rendering current page in quirks or standard mode

Categories

(Core :: Layout, enhancement)

enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WONTFIX
Future

People

(Reporter: aha, Unassigned)

References

Details

In View menu should be added submenu for switching between layout modes (quirks and standard) to force settings from page.
Confirming for enhancement.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Windows NT → All
Hardware: PC → All
It should be possible to select an override of the mode selection logic, so that I don't have to select the mode manually whenever I come across a page without a DTD decl (which is very often). In other words, default to treat all pages as if they were compliant with standards (had a DTD decl), but let users select quirky mode. A DTD declaration is by itself far from any guarantee at all that the page is actually a well-formed SGML document, so nothing is really lost by defaulting to standards mode.
this isnt a table specific bug, reassigning to core owner.
Assignee: karnaze → attinasi
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Depends on: 26575
Changing summary - in Debug menu should appear next item for switching between quirks and standard mode (as result of bug 26575 discussion).
Summary: Button for switching between quirks and standard mode → Debug menu item for switching between quirks and standard mode
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44525 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
David, why? Is Mozilla only for common users? Webdevelopers are unwanted?! =(
If you want to discuss it, please discuss it on the bug where many of the interested parties are already cc:ed.
Reopening. Bug 44525 is about a preference for permanently changing to either quirks or strict mode; it is marked WONTFIX, and I agree. This bug is about a Debug or QA menu item to re-render the current page in a certain mode, in order to assist QA in determining whether a bug report is a valid bug or an evangelism issue. Being in the Debug menu, it would not be exposed to end users (very much unlike the suggestion in bug 44525), but it would be immensely useful to QA.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Summary: Debug menu item for switching between quirks and standard mode → Debug menu item for re-rendering current page in quirks or standard mode
Note that quirks mode affects not only the layout but also the parsing. So the page would in fact have to be reloaded (from cache or network) in its entirety....
*** Bug 118147 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
-> Default owner
Assignee: attinasi → other
Status: REOPENED → NEW
QA Contact: petersen → ian
Assignee: layout → nobody
QA Contact: ian → layout
The Web has evolved since 2001 and I think this function is not necessary. -> WONTFIX
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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