[CSS21] Issue 181 confusion over the height of inline-level boxes

(See http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css2.1#issue-181)

The first list item in section 10.8 (Line height calculations: the 
'line-height' and 'vertical-align' properties[1]) in the current draft 
says:

|  1. The height of each inline-level box in the line box is calculated
|     (see "Calculating heights and margins" and the 'line-height'
|     property).

That is confusing, because the height is not the content height and you 
have to follow the links to know what height it actually is. I had an 
action to make this clear and this is my change:

   1. The height of each inline-level box in the line box is calculated.
      For replaced elements, inline-block elements, and inline-table
      elements, this is the height of their margin box; for inline
      boxes, this is their 'line-height'. (See "Calculating heights and
      margins" and the height of inline boxes in "Leading and half-
      leading".)

This paragraph in 10.6.2[2] is then no longer needed and can be removed:

| For 'inline' and 'inline-block' elements, the margin box is used when
| calculating the height of the line box.


[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-CSS2-20101207/visudet.html#line-height
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-CSS2-20101207/visudet.html#inline-
replaced-height



Bert
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Received on Friday, 4 March 2011 16:10:23 UTC