- From: Michael Gannon <michael.gannon@blastradius.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:49:17 -0700
- To: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: "David Woolley" <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>, <www-style@w3.org>
> From: Ian Hickson [mailto:ian@hixie.ch] > > Yeah, my real question was CSS related - should the text > "Block level > > element" have a background colour of yellow? > > No, because the inline "stops" before the block-level > element, and "resumes" after it. > > > > From looking at the spec again, it seems that background > colour isn't > > inherited by default, but it does have an initial value of > transparent. > > Therefore, the text "Block level element" should have a > background of > > yellow, no? > > No, because the inline only appears on line boxes, and the > block-level box > is between the line boxes. Thanks for the help, it makes sense now. Michael.
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