Why is this bad markup? it works...


On Nov 7, 4:27 pm, mbraybrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This works:
>  <input type="text" style="float:left;"/><span style="width:80px;
> background-color:#00FF00;display:block;float:left;">A</span>
>
> However...
> I feel bad telling you that - this is bad markup - perhaps you could
> explain why you are trying to do this, or what the bigger picture here
> is?
>
> As stated by Andy, setting span, an inline element, to display:block,
> defeats the object of using a span tag at all.
>
> M
>
> On Nov 7, 4:04 pm, nmiddleweek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Yes that works...
>
> > What I'm trying to do is display a SPAN atg at the end of an Input
> > text field of a fixed size. If I set the display to block, it is
> > forcing itself to be on the next line.
>
> > Have you got any idea on how I can do this?
>
> > Cheers,
> > Nick
>
> > On Nov 7, 3:48 pm, mbraybrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > try:
> > > <span style="width:80px; background-color:#00FF00; display:block;">A</
> > > span>
>
> > > Does that work?
>
> > > M
>
> > > On Nov 7, 3:45 pm, nmiddleweek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > I've got a SPAN tag which is set to 80px...
>
> > > > <span style="width:80px; background-color:#00FF00;">A</span>
>
> > > > The contents of the SPAN is a single character and when rendered on
> > > > screen, the green SPAN is showing as only approx 15 pixels in width.
>
> > > > How can I force the width to be 80px?
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Nick

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