Re: [css-d] Margin collapse around float

2008-08-22 Thread Bobby Jack
--- On Fri, 8/22/08, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The margin-top of paragraph 3 actually collapses with the > margin- > bottom of paragraph 1, but is then extended by the used > height + > margins of paragraph 2. > Of

Re: [css-d] Margin collapse around float

2008-08-22 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Aug 22, 2008, at 8:27 PM, Bobby Jack wrote: > According to the CSS2.1 spec "Vertical margins between a floated box > and any other box do not collapse", yet my testing reveals that, in > the following arrangement: > > 1. a normal paragraph > 2. a floated paragraph > 3. a cleared paragraph

Re: [css-d] Margin collapse around float

2008-08-22 Thread Bobby Jack
--- On Fri, 8/22/08, Jason Pruim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... Safari 3.1.2 seems to be doing what you said ...: > > | Normal Paragraph > | > | > | Floated Paragraph > | > | cleared Paragraph Spot on. And now that IE is the only one of the big 4 to display the behaviour that seems to be desc

Re: [css-d] Margin collapse around float

2008-08-22 Thread Jason Pruim
I don't have anything to offer to the solution other then the fact that Safari 3.1.2 seems to be doing what you said.To try and represent it in my ASCII art: | Normal Paragraph | | | Floated Paragraph | | cleared Paragraph | Which I believe is what you are saying? On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:27 A

[css-d] Margin collapse around float

2008-08-22 Thread Bobby Jack
According to the CSS2.1 spec "Vertical margins between a floated box and any other box do not collapse", yet my testing reveals that, in the following arrangement: 1. a normal paragraph 2. a floated paragraph 3. a cleared paragraph margins collapse between 2 and 3, but not between 1 and 2. At l