I agree this is _mostly_ a CSS issue except that there is semantic
meaning to the join attribute beyond layout. The attribute could serve
as a guide to search engines, web-scrapers or WYSIWYG applications that
two areas of the page should be considered a single piece of content. I
am also unsure as to how this might affect other aspects of browser,
javascript or DOM behaviour. There may be other uses or side-effects I
can't imagine. At any rate CSS cannot associate elements so the join
attribute should be considered independent of the style considerations
as a means of saying "this block follows that one". Nonetheless I will
do as you suggest.
Shannon
Ian Hickson wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Shannon wrote:
Something I think is really missing from HTML is "linked text" (in the
traditional desktop publishing sense), where two or more text boxes are
joined so that content overflows the first into the second and
subsequent boxes. This is a standard process for practically all
multi-column magazines, books and news layouts. It is especially
valuable for column layouts where the information is dynamic and
variable in length and therefore cannot be manually balanced. This is
not something that can be solved server-side since the actual flow is
dependent on user style-sheets, viewport and font-size.
I agree that this would be a useful feature for the Web platform. However,
I believe the CSS working group is a better venue for exploring such
options. I recommend forwarding your proposal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
