- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 03:05:21 -0800 (PST)
- To: Etan Wexler <ewexler@stickdog.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>, David Hyatt <hyatt@apple.com>, Stuart Ballard <sballard@netreach.com>
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Etan Wexler wrote: > > That may work in current implementations, but there is nothing in the > specification to say that it should. I refer to CSS2:9.5, "Floats" > (<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#floats>): > > A floated box must have an explicit width (assigned via > the 'width' property, or its intrinsic width in the case of > replaced elements). > > The error recovery is not specified. When there is no explicit 'width' > setting, I suppose that using intrinsic width is acceptable. This does not > make intrinsic width the one correct approach. CSS2.1 resolved this omission. # If 'width' is specified as 'auto', the computed value is the # "shrink-to-fit" width. -- http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#q8 -- Ian Hickson )\._.,--....,'``. fL "meow" /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. http://index.hixie.ch/ `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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