- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 15:00:14 -0400
- To: www-style@w3.org
David Perrell wrote: > Is it an oversight that tables were not allowed within paragraphs in > 3.2? It's certainly a useful inclusion, and both IE and N support it. > > It is often the case that paragraph text references a table, and that > the only way to insure the table appears with the text is to nest the > table within the paragraph and align (or float) it left or right so > that the paragraph text flows around the table both above and below. By > not allowing tables in paragraphs, the 3.2 spec demands hokey > workarounds to 'legally' get a table nested that way. > > This seems an unnecessary limitation that needs to be eliminated. I strongly suspect it is because of implied paragraph end tags. <P>Foo <P>Bar <TABLE>...</TABLE> <P>Baz Most documents would be developed on the presumption that the table ends the paragraph. So, for instance, a stylesheet that turns the paragraph blue would not affect the table. This could not be changed now without changing the structure of many existing documents. Paul Prescod
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