- From: <JOrendorff@ixl.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 15:27:06 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
> > Indeed, but it is *not* the parser's job to fix errant
> > document structure! It is the parser's job to read the
> > markup that's there. And as long as it's valid, the DOM
> > tree should have a direct correspondence to the plaintext
> > representation.
>
> Fair enough. But...
>
> What about "styling" of non existing content?
> Leave that no-content element dangling in the DOM tree and we need to
> move the decision not to style it to the CSS renderer instead.
There is already a CSS property 'empty-cells' that affects how empty
table cells are rendered. Perhaps there should be an
'empty-elements' property:
P { empty-elements: ignore; }
Or an ":empty" pseudo-class:
P:empty { display: none; }
The bit about empty paragraphs being "ignored" should probably be
removed.
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Jason Orendorff
http://www.alarmist.org/
Received on Sunday, 9 April 2000 15:28:06 UTC