- From: <JOrendorff@ixl.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:57:54 -0500
- To: www-style@w3.org
[Matthew Brealey argues that 'vertical-align' can't affect :first-line] > <P> > <:first-line style="vertical-align: super"> > <SPAN> > Some text in the first line. > </SPAN> > </:first-line> > > Now if that is supposed to superscript the SPAN, then it is > necessary to > imply some kind of inheritance of non-inheritable properties, > and I know > *that* isn't in the spec. It will work, whether the :first-line selects a line box or something else. The 'vertical-align' property is not inherited, so 'vertical-align' for the <SPAN> is 'baseline'. So the text in the <SPAN> will be aligned on the baseline established by the <:first-line> pseudo-element, which is superscripted. Even though it is not inherited, 'vertical-align: sup' affects child elements. Compare 'text-decoration: underline'. Personally, I think :first-line needs work. Exceptions are bad. More to follow. -- Jason Orendorff
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