- From: Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:31:13 -0500
- To: Al Gilman <Alfred.S.Gilman@IEEE.org>,w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
- Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.0.20041007102848.0486b7b0@127.0.0.1>
Thanks, Al. To be honest, I flipped a coin when deciding which W3 group to post to. Perhaps reading documentation might be a better avenue next time. Aaron At 10:12 AM 10/7/2004, Al Gilman wrote: >At 10:03 AM -0500 10/7/04, Aaron Smith wrote: >>Actually, my concern was that the validator did not complain about >>applying a style meant for a block element to a non-block element. > >To get an answer to that question, one has to follow the instructions on > >http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/Email > >which is a bit tedious, perhaps, but we don't have that level of insight >into the tool itself here in this group. > >Al > > >>Jon, >> >>Thanks for the response. My solution is to just use a DIV (fewer >>keystrokes than applying a block style to a SPAN <grin>). >> >>Actually, my concern was that the validator did not complain about >>applying a style meant for a block element to a non-block element. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Aaron >> >>At 09:49 AM 10/7/2004, Jon Gunderson wrote: >> >>>Aaron, >>>You may need to change the default rendering of SPAN to >>>"display: block", since the deafult for SPAN is "display: >>>inline". If you really want the width to be "100%" I would >>>suggest using the DIV element instead of the SPAN element. By >>>default DIV is "block level" and SPAN in "inline". >>> >>>Jon >>> >>> >>>---- Original message ---- >>>>Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:06:26 -0500 >>>>From: Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com> Subject: CSS 'width' Question To: >>>>w3c-wai-ua@w3.org >>>> >>>> According to CSS1 spec 5.5.23, the width style >>>> "Applies to: block-level and replaced elements." >>>> >>>> Why, then, does the CSS Validator >>>> (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/) not complain >>>> about <SPAN CLASS="wide">Blah</SPAN>, where class >>>> wide contains width: 100%? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Aaron >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Aaron Smith >>>> GW Micro, Inc. >>>> Technical Support & Web Development >>>> Phone: 260/489-3671 | Fax: 260/489-2608 >>>> WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com | FTP: >>>> ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com >>> >>> >>>Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP >>>Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology >>>Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services >>>MC-574 >>>College of Applied Life Studies >>>University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign >>>1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 >>> >>>Voice: (217) 244-5870 >>>Fax: (217) 333-0248 >>> >>>E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu >>> >>>WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/ >>>WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund >>-- >>Aaron Smith >>GW Micro, Inc. >>Technical Support & Web Development >>Phone: 260/489-3671 | Fax: 260/489-2608 >>WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com | FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com > >-- >Aaron Smith >GW Micro, Inc. >Technical Support & Web Development >Phone: 260/489-3671 | Fax: 260/489-2608 >WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com | FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com
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