On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Doug Jolley wrote: > I have a short line containing some text and two images. The text is > default height, let's assume that is somewhere around 18px. Let's > also assume that the two images are both 100px high. With respect to > one image I have done nothing; so, as expected, it's bottom aligns > with the baseline of the text. With respect to the other, I have set > vertical-align to "middle". I would expect that the line-box would be > 100px high which is the height of the first image. Therefore, I would > expect that the second image would be centered vertically with respect > to that line-box. Thus, I would expect that the second image would > wind up with it's bottom aligned with the baseline just like the > first. Instead, the second image is centered vertically with respect > to the text. Why is that? What am I missing? Thanks for any input.
The second image has 'vertical-align:middle'. It will be vertically centred to the baseline of the surrounding text; that is, the midpoint of the image is attached, hooked to that baseline. That is exactly what is supposed to happen. Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh http://l-c-n.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
