- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:24:03 +0200
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
fantasai wrote: > On 03/22/2009 11:56 AM, Anton Prowse wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think CSS2.1 contains a paradox as regards clearance... > > Combined proposal from this thread: > > 9.5.2 Controlling flow next to floats: the 'clear' property > > Change > # Clearance is introduced as spacing above the margin-top of an element. > # It is used to push the element vertically (typically downward), past > # the float. > to > | Values other than 'none' potentially introduce clearance. > | Clearance inhibits margin collapsing and acts as spacing above the > | margin-top of an element. It is used to push the element vertically > | past the float. > and shift to after value definitions. > [snip] Can we instead have something like "Clearance inhibits certain margin collapsing behaviour"? Clearance certainly doesn't inhibit /all/ margin collapsing involving the clearing element, as is accurately described in 8.3.1. Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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