- From: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:43:20 +0200 (MEST)
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Cc: bmills@andrew.cmu.edu, www-style@w3.org
> <div id="parent" style="height: auto">
> <div id="child1" style="height: 10em" />
> <div id="child2" style="height: 70%" />
> <div id="child3" style="height: 70%" />
> </div>
Boris -- What result do you expect here? A common sense result IMO is an
overall 10em height, even rendering the both 70% declared child elements as
10em, and thus making all definitions expect 'height: 10em' obsolete. For me, the
example implies an inconsequent use of the height property (resp. its
values), because contradictory.
> ...what height is the <a> element?
Ian -- Should be rendered as 100%, assigning the second <b /> element a 25%
height (100% related to maximum space available, or using the entire screen
height). But wouldn't it be more useful to bring in this example:
<a>
<b1> 1 </b1>
<b2> 2 </b2>
<b3> 3 </b3>
</a>
* { display: block; }
a { height: 500px; }
b1 { height: 75%; }
b2, b3 { height: auto; }
...and thus clarifying the only legal way to mix relative with absolute
values? <b1 /> would obviously be 375px high, while allowing <b2 /> and <b3 /> to
share its space.
-- Only some thoughts.
All the best,
Jens.
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