Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 11/01/06 12:45

Willem Alberda wrote:

> Hi

Good morning.

> If I create a small html file with the following lines
>
> <table>
> <span style='display:block'><tr><td>Number one</td></tr></span>
> <span style='display:none'><tr><td>Number two</td></tr></span>
> <span style='display:block'><tr><td>Number three</td></tr></span>
> </table>

<table>
<tr><td><span style='display:block'>Number one</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style='display:none'>Number two</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style='display:block'>Number three</span></td></tr>
</table>

> all three lines are displayed while I expected that "Number two" would be
> hidden.

...and there will still be a space for the table row.

> If I remove the <table> and </table> tags, it indeed only shows the
> first and the third line, so somehow the table interferes here, but I
> don't know why or how.

<span> is an inline element, and cannot contain a block level element.
The validator would have told you this.

Now ... would a *list* be more appropriate for the above, instead of a
table?

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