span has a beginning and an end,thus <span>..text..</span> br for example has no end but must be closed..thus <br /> . Regards,E.F.
>From: "Simon Tiplady | Forums" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <css-d@lists.css-discuss.org> >Subject: Re: [css-d] <span /> crashing IE7 >Date: Tue, 1 May:55:33 +0200 > >What is the point of a span if it is not spanning anything? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Lipka >Sent: 01 May:51 >To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org >Subject: [css-d] <span /> crashing IE7 > >My IE7 crashes if I look at the following source: > ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" " >http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> ><html> ><head> > <title>Crashes IE7</title> > ><style> > a { position: relative;} > a span{position: absolute;} ></style> ></head> ><body > > > <a href="">Link1<span /></a> > <a href="">Link2<span /></a> > ></body> ></html> > >It doesn't crash if I am explicit with <span></span> It doesn't crash if I >only have 1 link. > >Is <span /> illegal? Why would this crash IE7? > >Glen >______________________________________________________________________ >css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >IE7 information -- 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/ > >______________________________________________________________________ >css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >IE7 information -- 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/ _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/
