On 9/09/2011 11:36 AM, Brad Kemper wrote: > > > 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"> >> >> >> 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. So you are suggesting that the overflowing text should overlap other content? I see Boris sees the same dilemma by saying "That would make the text unreadable in many cases." I will add that this somewhat destroys the reasons for wanting this property and value in the first place. -- Alan Gresley http://css-3d.org/ http://css-class.com/Received on Friday, 9 September 2011 05:54:27 UTC
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