- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:48:26 +0000
- To: www-validator-css@w3.org
Douglas Perreault CPA* CITP wrote: > > Hmmm… I didn’t find the reference that said floats didn’t need an > explicit width anymore > Paul quoted it and provided a URL to the source. I found it impossible to miss. > > , but then I don’t see any explicit reference saying they need a width > either. > """ A floated box must have an explicit width (assigned via the 'width' <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#propdef-width> property, or its intrinsic <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/conform.html#intrinsic> width in the case of replaced elements <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/conform.html#replaced-element>). """ -- http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#floats > > What I do know is that if you leave it off, some browsers consider the > width to be 100% and your element won’t float. > As far as I know, none of them are in common use today. (Please direct responses to the www-validator-css mailing list, and not directly to me. Thanks) -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
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