Thanks. This is only an expertimetal code that I use to help me undertand the CSS. This behavour seems not cited in CSS 2.1. Is is UA specific?
On 8/21/06, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 21, 2006, at 10:16 PM, ray wrote: > > > <html> > > <head> > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > charset=iso-8859-1" > > /> > > <title>Untitled Document</title> > > </head> > > <body> > > <p>abc</p> > > <label>label1</label> > > <label>label2</label> > > </body> > > </html> > > I think this html will result in 3 lines, one for abc, one for > > label1 and > > one for label3. The block box generated for body element contains > > three > > boxes, one block box for p, the other two inline boxes for labels, > > because > > CSS 2.1 specification says: Block-level elements (except for > > display 'table' > > elements, which are described in a later chapter) generate a > > principal block > > box that contains either only block boxes or only > > <file:///home/ray/.mozilla/firefox/rbp1q15z.default/ScrapBook/data/ > > 20060819165938/index.html#inline-box>inlines > > boxes, so I think each inline box should be wrapped in an anonymous > > block box and participates in a block formatting context, laid out > > vertically, one after another. But the result is not what I > > expected: the > > label boxes lay out on a single line. Why? Thanks. > > <label> is an inline element, unless you modify its display value > through a stylesheet. You show no signs of doing that. > <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-LABEL> > Hence a UA will generate - at best - only one anonymous block box > wrapping around your two labels. But that is an OT discussion for > this list. > > Note also that your code is invalid for html strict. > > Philippe > --- > Philippe Wittenbergh > <http://emps.l-c-n.com> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/