david wrote: > Richard Grevers wrote: >> On 5/21/07, Bob Easton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Francesco Rizzi wrote: >>>> So, my question for the list is: >>>> why should we use css rules in this scenario instead of <br> tags ? >>> Let's call it separating content (HTML) from presentation (CSS). Use >>> technologies for their intended, and standards compliant, purposes. Use >>> >>> 1) Use HTML for well structured, semantic, markup. <br> and <br /> have >>> no semantic value. Those are presentational markup that should never >>> have been in HTML. >> I would be interested in seeing your pure css solution for inserting a >> carriage return in the middle of a paragraph (or similar block element >> which is semantically a single unit, but nevertheless needs a newline) >> without adding other extraneous markup? > > Why would you need to start a new line in the middle of a paragraph? I > think that if you think about it, you'll find you're doing it to put a > different item inside it, like a list?
Update: after posting that, I saw someone else mention song lyrics or poetry. Being a writer of both, all I can say is - that each line is easily handled as a separate paragraph, with CSS controlling line spacing and left/right margins. -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
