Re: [CSS21] Concern about anonymous table objects and whitespace from Boris Zbarsky on 2008-03-04 (www-style@w3.org from March 2008)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:11:51 -0600
To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
CC: www-style Mailing List <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <47CDD737.2000201@mit.edu>

fantasai wrote:
> So, would a rule 4½ added to the anonymous box generation rules
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#anonymous-boxes
> that states
> 
>   4½. If a child T of a 'table', 'inline-table', 'table-row-group',
>       'table-header-group', 'table-footer-group', or 'table-row' box
>       is an anonymous inline box that contains only white space, then
>       it is treated as if it has "display: none".

That would give unambiguous behavior, yes.

-Boris

Received on Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:12:19 UTC