On 23 Aug 2006, at 18:27, Peter-Paul Koch wrote: >> "Width" is one of the presentational attributes. > > But my code example doesn't use a width attribute, just a common CSS > width declaration. >
Yes, but section 6.4 of CSS 2.1 specifies the way in which a CSS- capable user agent converts presentational attributes like "width" into the equivalent CSS rules for the purpose of assigning values to properties. In other words (and I don't know if this is how it's actually implemented, but it's what the spec says), a "width" attribute on a "COL" element is equivalent to a CSS declaration of "width". Therefore: <col span="2" width="10%"> is equivalent (leaving out considerations of precedence) to <col span="2" style="width:10%;"> As the HTML 4 spec states that the width attribute applies to each individual column spanned by the "COL" element, it follows that a CSS width declaration must also apply to each individual column, rather than to the group of columns, otherwise the two cases above would not be equivalent. HTH, Nick. -- Nick Fitzsimons http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
