- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 17:31:35 -0700
- To: "Paul Prescod" <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>, <www-style@w3.org>
Paul Prescod wrote: > No, the structure of existing documents *would* change, not would need > to change. The current definition says that the table is outside of the > paragraph. The new definition would say that the table is within the > paragraph. Someone would have to do a survey of browsers to see which > support the correct behaviour and which support your proposed (currently > wrong) behaviour. Another option would be an <inline> element that > allowed you to embed block objects (like tables) in paragraphs without > ending the implied paragraph. By default, then, the behaviour of tables > would not change. An inline element such as Object? Currently, it's legal to put a table outside of a paragraph but not to float one inside. If the spec were changed to conform to the 'bug' in IE and N, tables could still be forced outside the paragraph with a closing tag, but could also be floated inside so the paragraph could wrap around the table. The cost of the spec change would be that authors who hoped their tables would get a full paragraph space between a table and a preceding paragraph without a closing tag would be disappointed to learn their tables would continue to be seen by most viewers with only a simple line break as separation. David Perrell
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