- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 05:18:43 -0700
- To: "Bert Bos" <bbos@mygale.inria.fr>, "James Clark" <jjc@jclark.com>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>
Bert Bos wrote: > ... Let's try to develop the list of requirements. Given > markup like this: > > <X>Heading</X> > <Y>Text text text...</Y> > > we need ways to do all of the following: (#1 needs no comment. #4 is simple left float with width specified.) #s2, 3, and 5 would be easy with a 'run-on' or 'multi-line float' property. When X is given this property, each line of X would be treated as a separate floating text block, with the width of each block being the width of the text on that line. Y would flow relative to the last line of X. The X-Y distance would be specified by the right margin of X and the first-line indent of Y. Relative vertical alignment could be fine-tuned with margins. > 2. Simple run-in headings: > > HEADING Text text text > text text text... With the short heading, #2 works the same as a standard float. The first line indent on Y should be relative to the right margin of the last line of X. X may need a negative bottom margin to allow the second line of Y to start at the left margin. > 3. Text Y must start at a specific horizontal position: > > HEADING Text text text te- > xt text text... > > LONG HEADING > Text text text te- > xt text text... > Same as #2, except that Y is floated right with a specified width. This is the same way a couple of adjacent images are treated now when one is align=left and the other align=right. > 5. X has different indent from Y: > > HEADING Text text text text > text text text text text > text text... > > A VERY LONG HEADING OF MORE > THAN ONE LINE Text text te- > xt text text text text > text text... Same as #2 except that X and Y have different left margins. This property really shouldn't be that hard to implement. Just break multiple lines of X normally and put an imaginary float box around the last line. Maybe this should be the default model for floated text, with a box around the whole paragraph only when a width is supplied. This 'separate box for each line of a floated text block' model corresponds to the way MSIE 3 treats unfloated text block backgrounds now (which is not the way the CSS1 spec specifies, and is not as useful as a single rectangular box, IMHO). David Perrell
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