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[whatwg] Why is the legend element not categorized as flow content?

From: divya manian <divya.manian@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:06:47 -0700
Message-ID: <40fb5ba21003291106g6779aaf0q81eb0c39462944bf@mail.gmail.com> 
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If an element has special rules about where it can be placed, it's
> probably not flow content. ?That captures the <legend> issue, at
> least, since it can only occur as the first child of <fieldset>.

Ah that is much clearer. Thanks for that explanation. I wonder if this
needs to be clarified in the draft?

Regards,
Divya
Received on Monday, 29 March 2010 11:06:47 UTC

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