Doug Jolley wrote: CC to list
>> The line box is an anonymous inline element > > OK. I get that and thanks for clarifying that point. > > However, I'm still confused about how vertical-align:middle works. I > followed the "line height calculations" link in your link [1]. There > I found a rather amazing thing. I found (in step 2) that vertical > alignment is used in the determination of the line height. IOW, > elements are vertically aligned *BEFORE* the line height is determined > and as a part of the procedure for determining the line height. Based > on that, I would conclude that line height can not be a factor in > determining vertical alignment. Now I'm really confused. > > However, you did clarify how a line box can be an element. Thanks. I > appreciate that clarification. > > ... doug Your welcome Doug, I am always discovering new things with CSS and coding. Your confusion prompted me to do a test case so I could understand and hopefully explain what the specs are suggesting. :-) <http://css-class.com/test/css/visformatting/vertical-align.htm> Test 1 and 3 with vertical-align:middle does indicate that the line box line-height [1] is calculated after the vertical alignment is calculated. [1] <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#line-height> -- Alan http://css-class.com/ Armies Cannot Stop An Idea Whose Time Has Come. - Victor Hugo http://www.wearechange.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
