Re: [w3c/editing] When should UA synthesize heights of an element? (#70)

@Reinmar : Would it not be OK to say:

* browsers should not draw carets in zero height elements
* browsers should ensure that the caret can be placed in elements programatically independently of the height of the element
* It is up to JavaScript authors to ensure that the element the caret is placed in has height > 0 if they want the caret to be seen?

Given that all the editors move toward a separate data model now, this doesn't seem so problematic anymore. If one doesn't want to have inline elements mixed with block elements, one can simply do a `<p><br></p>`.

I agree though that it would be cleaner if there was a css-way of specifying that empty elements should have a height no matter what. The height should definitely not change because an elements happens to be inside a contenteditable element. Tat does not seem right.

@kojiishi When you write

> A child of an empty span

You mean:

> An element with a child that is an empty span

right?

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