>Looking at that Wiki entry, option 2 suggests using the inline-table >property. My memory may be faulty, but I seem to recall that this >recommendation was changed to inline-block as a more cross-browser >solution (for IE 7 perhaps?) > >I don't have a reference for this, so perhaps some kind member will >confirm or deny this?
Well, hopefully Big John will stumble upon this thread and tell us what's what, but in the meantime I'll have a stab (and no doubt get things all wrong). I think you have it backwards. Option 2 on the ClearingSpace page of the wiki (ie. PIE's EasyClearing) originally used inline-block to conquer Mac IE.[0] Subsequently inline-block became inline-table. Why? inline-block does not validate as CSS2 whereas inline-table does. I think that's why the technique substituted inline-table for inline-block, to prevent cries of "but it's not valid CSS' since the W3 CSS validator checks against CSS2. However it should be noted: 1. I've found that inline-table often doesn't work or has crazy side-effects in IE Mac 5. Unfortuantely I have never made test cases of this so I can't prove it but inline-block always did the trick for me. 2. The fact that W3 states that CSS2.1 is the current working version (ie supercedes CSS2 - http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/#specs) raises the issue of why on earth the validator checks against CSS2 by default, and makes it arguable that inline-block is not invalid at all (it is valid CSS2.1), but just appears to be so if you don't understand the W3's validator. That however is going off into a whole can of worms which has no place on this list but which would be better address to the W3's own list. [0] In fact if you look further down the page you'll note references to other side effects of using inline-block that act as a fossilised reminder of the article's past... ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
