Re: [CSS21] Clearance paradox

On Thursday 2009-08-13 09:21 +0200, Anton Prowse wrote:
> I don't follow you;  if an element is not adjacent to floats, why would  
> it be considered to have clearance?  An element only has clearance  when  

Because fantasai's proposed changes in
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009May/0186.html say
that it does:
   | Values other than 'none' introduce clearance as spacing above the
   | margin-top of an element. Clearance inhibits margin collapsing and
   | is used to push the element vertically past the float.

-David

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Received on Wednesday, 19 August 2009 16:18:13 UTC