Re: [CSS21] background-position and background-repeat applicable on inline-block and inline-table elements

• From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:56:55 -0800
• To: "www-style@gtalbot.org" <www-style@gtalbot.org>
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:15 PM, "Gérard Talbot" <www-style@gtalbot.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> "
> The tiling and positioning of the background-image on inline elements is
> undefined in this specification. A future level of CSS may define the
> tiling and positioning of the background-image on inline elements.
> "
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/colors.html#propdef-background-position
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/colors.html#propdef-background-repeat
>
> I need to be sure: inline-block elements and inline-table elements are not
> inline elements??

Correct.  They are inline-level, but not inline.  The latter is
reserved for actual "display:inline" non-replaced elements.

~TJ

Received on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 07:57:43 UTC