- From: Carl Morris <msftrncs@htcnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 15:23:42 -0500
- To: "WWW HTML List" <www-html@w3.org>
>Is it an oversight that tables were not allowed within paragraphs in >3.2? It's certainly a useful inclusion, and both IE and N support it. I don't think so... and no, IE doesn't support it, it just fails to close the P tag automatically for anything... >It is often the case that paragraph text references a table, and that >the only way to insure the table appears with the text is to nest the >table within the paragraph and align (or float) it left or right so >that the paragraph text flows around the table both above and below. By >not allowing tables in paragraphs, the 3.2 spec demands hokey >workarounds to 'legally' get a table nested that way. > >This seems an unnecessary limitation that needs to be eliminated. The Paragraph should wrap around the table, not the table in the paragraph. I almost always use <IMG><P> seldom ever: <P><IMG> etc...
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