Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 10/13/05 12:01

Jarek <jarek@poczta.srv.pl> wrote:

> I need to create box of fixed size (width, height) containg
> formatted text,

You don't need that. (You might find use for a box that is dimensioned
using the em or ex unit, but that's a different story. It's very far from
fixed size, though it might do just what you need.)

(As usual, if you told us where you started, someone might be able to tell
where you got things wrong.)

> but I need that this box will behave like span.

You don't a box of fixed size. But if you did, why wouldn't you make it a
<span> element?

> I.e I need
> somthing like this:
>
> <SPAN><DIV>text</DIV></SPAN>

That's syntactically incorrect, and wrong by the very definitions of <span>
and <div>. Please consult the definitions.

> Generally this construction works as expected,

I have no idea of what "works" means here, and you give no hint.

> but is not compiliant with HTML 4.01

Of course it isn't.

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