- From: Andrew Thompson <lordpixel@mac.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 12:04:56 -0400
- To: www style <www-style@w3.org>
On Oct 2, 2004, at 4:54 AM, Brian Sexton wrote:
>
>> | > So using tables for layout of non-tabular content via HTML is a
>> no-no,
>> | > but using "display: table", "display: table-row", and "display:
>> | > table-cell" for such content is okay?
>> |
>>
>> The best way would be to use hypothetical "flow" attribute.
>>
>> . . .
>
> That sounds pretty swell except for the bit about it being
> hypothetical. Somewhat less hypothetically, "display: inline-block"
> seems like it may be another good way to accomplish that kind of
> layout except that most browsers do not yet seem to support it (or at
> least, they do not yet support it well); Opera is a notable exception.
>
> http://www.w3.org/Talks/2003/0521-CSS-WWW2003/inline-demo.html
>
> http://www.hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/css/box/inline-block/
Ah, I'd forgotten about inline-block. I tend to have a blind spot for
things that are mostly unimplemented.
Does the display: table stuff actually work in any browsers either?
AndyT (lordpixel - the cat who walks through walls)
A little bigger on the inside
(see you later space cowboy ...)
Received on Saturday, 2 October 2004 16:04:54 UTC