- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:02:11 +0000
- To: Srinivasan Raman <Srinivasan.Raman@oracle.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Srinivasan Raman wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how to calculate the baseline of a inline
> element (or the box generated for that inline element).
>
> Assuming the inline element has a text children.
>
> Would this be correct
>
> Baseline of inline box = (inline_top_margin + inline_top_border +
> inline_top_padding + text_baseline)
I don't exactly understand your question, but it definitely has nothing to do
with padding, margins or borders... see:
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~dbaron/css/2000/01/dibm
--
Ian Hickson
``The inability of a user agent to implement part of this specification due to
the limitations of a particular device (e.g., non interactive user agents will
probably not implement dynamic pseudo-classes because they make no sense
without interactivity) does not imply non-conformance.'' -- Selectors, Sec13
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