- From: Andrew n marshall <amarshal@usc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 06:47:13 -0800
- To: "'David Perrell'" <davidp@earthlink.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Wednesday, November 26, 1997 2:20 PM, David Perrell
[SMTP:davidp@earthlink.net] wrote:
> Not in the CSS1 spec. There's a CSS2 proposal at
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-CSS2/tables.html#h-17.6> that applies the
> vertical-align property to block-type elements. I've suggested a similar
> 'vertical-position' property for block element content.
Still this only aligns the box, not the contents within the box.
> Another possibility is to allow the 'auto' value for the padding
property.
> In your divframes page, for example, setting padding-top and
padding-bottom
> of #sidebar to 'auto' would vertically-center the content in the panel.
But
> this is not a substitute for VALIGN.
I checked this, and there is no 'auto' value for <padding-width>.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-CSS2/box.html#h-9.4.1
If there was one that divided space between opposite paddings (top &
bottom, right & left), then I would be happy enough. Until then, I am
still trying to vertically center content in a box.
Andrew n marshall
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Received on Sunday, 30 November 1997 09:43:28 UTC