Re: visibility=collapse

On Thu, 21 May 1998, Frank Boumphrey wrote:

> "hidden
>           The generated box is invisible (fully transparent), but still
> affects layout."
> 
> In other words the box  content is invisible, but the space it would have
> occupied is still there, so whats the difference?

You get a "blank row" where the row should have been. For instance, if there
are 5 rows in a table and you have row 2 set to collapse and row 4 to
hidden, the effect should be:

Row 1
Row 3
[blank space equal in height to row 4]
Row 5

The difference is that Row 4 is there, just hiding, while Row 2 has paid a
visit to the Great Big Table in the Sky (don't say anything about the
metaphysics of the situation. We're talking about a theoretical user agent
and a theoretical document. There's enough mysticism on this list already).

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