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Re: Proposing content-hidden for background-image and img content

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 18:36:32 -0700
Message-Id: <8ABA0639-813B-4B26-9217-847B91D3BA32@gmail.com>
Cc: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
To: Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com>


On Sep 8, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com> wrote:

> <img src="image-x50px-y50px" alt="this is some alt text that is rather quite long">
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> If we were to hide the image and show the alt text while maintaining the box sizing, what becomes of the overflow?

I would expect it to be as though the image bounds had 'overflow:visible' on it, so it wouldn't create layout differences. 
Received on Friday, 9 September 2011 01:37:09 UTC

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