- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:06:22 +0100
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, Arron Eicholz <Arron.Eicholz@microsoft.com>
On 24/03/2011 21:37, fantasai wrote: > On 03/24/2011 01:24 PM, fantasai wrote: > While we're in this section, Arron and I noticed that the first paragraph > of the first clearance example is self contradicting (B2 has no children, > but is not empty?) and involves more complication than need be (the > possibility of self-collapsing margins due to no padding, no border, and > no children): > > # Example 1. Assume (for the sake of simplicity), that we have just > # three boxes, in this order: block B1 with a bottom margin of M1 > # (B1 has no children and no padding or border), floating block F > # with a height H, and block B2 with a top margin of M2 (no padding > # or border, no children). B2 has 'clear' set to 'both'. We also > # assume B2 is not empty. > > Here's a suggested replacement: > > | Example 1. Assume (for the sake of simplicity), that we have just > | three boxes, in this order: block B1 with *a bottom border and* > | a bottom margin of M1, floating block F with an *outer* height H, > | and block B2 with *a top border and* a top margin of M2. B2 has > | 'clear' set to 'both'. > > Also, this sentence was very confusing: > # We need to compute clearance C twice, C1 and C2, and keep the > # greater of the two: C = max(C1,C2). > > I suggest replacing "twice" (which isn't what really happens) with > "as two separate calculations", thus: > | We need to compute clearance C as two separate calculations, C1 > | and C2, and keep the greater of the two: C = max(C1,C2). Sure ;-) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jan/0087.html, issue #9 Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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