- From: Ian Hickson <py8ieh@bath.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 02:14:52 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Matthew Brealey <thelawnet@yahoo.com>
- cc: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Matthew Brealey wrote:
>>> 1. what is the CSS equivalent of (the deprecated) vspace and
>>> hspace, padding or margin (HTML describes it as 'white space'
>>> around the element (this is especially important in view of the
>>> fact that they are deprecated and are 'generally non-zero')
>> Margin. Padding would let the background of the element show
>> through.
> I'm not sure. I don't think it was considered in such detail by the
> HTML working group. I think the term 'white space' is simply one
> used as a convenience. I don't think one can be so certain about
> this; the reason I put the 'white space' quote in was in case anyone
> said it was definitely padding (HTML also refers to it as 'gutter'.
The vspace and hspace goes on the outside of the border, if the image
has a border. Hence it is a margin, not padding, which would go on the
inside of the border.
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