Posted by David Dorward on 12/10/05 23:57

Frank Rizzo wrote:

> <span style="width:100px;background-color:Red;">text</span>

> Firefox ignores the 'width' attribute.

It is a property, not an attribute.
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#the-width-property
Applies to:
all elements but non-replaced
inline elements, table rows,
and row groups
And, since you haven't altered its display, the span is a non-replaced
inline element, so the width property doesn't apply. Looks like you have
MSIE in Quirks mode.

> I can't use the DIV tag because it forces a line break. I need all this
> stuff to be on the same line.

Use floats.

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