- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:52:25 -0700
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Jun 9, 2011, at 11:04 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I don't see too much wrong with making them inlines. They'll still >>> act properly when positioned with 'outside', so sure. >> >> Cool. That is less magic than having 'position' also change the initial 'display' value, right? (floats are magic in that regard). > > Yes. (Also, wow, I never realized that 'float' changes the initial > value for 'display'. That's wack.) I suppose it is because you can't set 'width' on an inline, so a floated span of text would end up being as wide as all the text, all on one line. So it is a bit of white magic until you want to float a table-cell. Similarly, positioning an element makes it 'float:none'. Magic!
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