Re: CSS 'width' Question

Thanks Bjoern, and David, for your explanations.

Aaron

At 10:48 AM 10/7/2004, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:

>* Aaron Smith wrote:
> >According to CSS1 spec 5.5.23, the width style "Applies to: block-level and
> >replaced elements."
> >
> >Why, then, does the CSS Validator (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/) not
> >complain about <SPAN CLASS="wide">Blah</SPAN>, where class wide contains
> >width: 100%?
>
>See section 1.4.2 of CSS 2.1 on "Applies to",
>
>[...]
>   This part lists the elements to which the property applies. All
>   elements are considered to have all properties, but some properties
>   have no rendering effect on some types of elements. For example, the
>   'clear' property only affects block-level elements.
>[...]

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