On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:32 PM, John <j...@coffeeonmars.com> wrote:
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>> On Sep 10, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The <a> is a stylable element independent of the img.
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>>
>> OK..then would that mean that an empty a tag would have an underline?
>>
>> <a class=“has-border-bottom” href=“#”></a>
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>> ^^ this would produce the bottom border of some length, even tho nothing
>> is between the a tags?
>>
>
> No because it's wrapping nothing. It's empty. Even if you gave it a width
> and a height, it's won't show a text-decoration or border unless you put a
> character in it. And, at least in FF, a space isn't even good enough to
> make the decoration show. But that doesn't mean it's not a style-able
> element.
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>
>>
>> Or do you mean that, when something IS between the a tags, that the
>> resulting bottom-border is on the a tag and not on what’s between the a
>> tags?
>>
>
> Yes. In the case of <a href=""><img src="myimg.jpg" /></a> to remove
> text-decoration, you add text-decoration: none; to the <a> not the <img>.
>


Reading this over again, <a href=""><img src="myimg.jpg" /></a> wouldn't
have any text-decoration anyway.

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