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Posted by rf on 08/31/07 10:50
"sevillad" <sevillad@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
>> > On Aug 29, 12:48 pm, "rf" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
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>> Have a good read in the specs about the visual layout model.
>
> I definitely will, it seem complicated when I did some time ago, but
> it seems it's important enough.
It's imperative if you are going to be doing advanced stuff, and changing
<li>s from block to inline is IMHO somewhat advanced.
It's also hard going, but worth it. Don't worry if you don't get it all at
once, as you won't. I still re-read it from time to time and surprise myself
with bits that I had forgotten, or missed last time.
>> > And now that I'm at it, should
>> > I wrap those A's in DIVs or P's for the sake of meaningful code?
>>
>> No. Why would that make the code more meaningful? There lies the way of
>> div
>> soup :-) The <a> can quite happily live inside a <li>. No need for more.
Further, if you were to wrap those <a>s in <p>s you would be probably quite
surprised at the resultant layout. Please try it, and see if you can explain
what is happenning :-) Hint: <p> is a block level element. Remember to leave
those borders switched on. Perhaps specify a different coloured border for
<p> elements.
> Thanks. I was asking because in the old days I used to think that <p>
> was the same as <br>, until I started reading about content vs. style.
Think of a poem. Each stanza is, well can be construed to be, a <p>. A
block, with blank space before and after. However the stanza is comprised of
definite lines, broken by a <br>, that is, break the line box here. Just
don't think that multiple <br>s will (or should) produce blank space. A line
(box) can only (logically) be broken once, even though most browsers
disagree.
--
Richard.
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