- From: Maurice <maurice@thymeonline.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 19:25:17 -0400
- To: Daniel Schattenkirchner <schattenkirchner.daniel@gmx.de>, public-html@w3.org
Anyone know if any progress has been made in defining/explaining why <legend> is still visible outside the boundaries of the <fieldset> even if the fieldset is set to overflow:hidden? I ask because I've always found it silly that overflow:hidden is the most convenient way to tell a block to expand/surround its floating children. I think what I'd most like to know is if there will ever be an official css attribute specifically for telling a block element to expand/surround its floating children. Anyone have an answer for me? On Feb 21, at 9:59 AM, Daniel Schattenkirchner wrote: > For the rendering section I suggest defining fieldset to be a block > formatting context as defined in CSS 2.1. It is treated that way in > Firefox, IE (8 and earlier), Opera and in Safari partially as well. > > This means for example, that the fieldset's outer vertical margins > do not collapse with its in-flow children's margins (Safari is the > exception here, if it wasn't fixed in their trunk already). > > ~ds > :: thyme online ltd :: po box ap 59223-317 nassau, the bahamas :: website: http://www.thymeonline.com/ :: tel: +1 242 677-5733
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