Some doubts relating to HTML

[jayan]

Is it necessary that we put parameters in Double Quotes.

For Example :

   <table width="780" border="0" >

Is it okay to code with single quotes

   <table width='780' border='0' >

OR without Quotes

   <table width=780 border=0 >

Please help.

[polson]

Single quotes and double quotes are okay although double quotes are typical, I always use double quotes. No quotes will usually work but is bad so you should always use quotes. Always.

Run your site through a validator such as :

http://validator.w3.org/

And see what happens.

[sepodati]

If there is a space in the value, then you need quotes, single or double. otherwise you don't need them.

Personal preference, I guess. I don't know which is "right". I prefer not to use them, that way it's less characters in your code and less escaping I have to do...

---John Holmes...

[polson]

Quotes are always required. Now, the following will give an error (Error: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters):

<table width=100%>

Now, the following does not give an error with validator, not sure exactly why as these HTML specs are so darn complicated as there are a million different ones, but it has to do with being XML compliant :

<table width=600>

Quoted from the specifications on HTML4 :

"4.4 Attribute values must always be quoted"

See :

http://www.w3.org/TR/html/#diffs

So, it's best to always use quotes.

[sepodati]

Okay, Okay...I give up. 🙂

Use quotes...

---John Holmes...

[jayan]

"Personal preference, I guess. I don't know which is "right". I prefer not to use them, that way it's less characters in your code and less escaping I have to do...
---John Holmes..."

Thanks John Holmes.

I am also doing the same thing which you said. All the same I wanted to check whether I was right. The parser has to do less job.

I have seen you answering many questions. Can you please introduce yourselves.

Best Regards.