Doug Jolley wrote: >> Not the block ... the paragraph line-boxes - >> one for each line in the paragraph. > > Thanks. I don't really see how a line-box can be considered to be a > parent element. when it's not even an element at all. However, the > whole world must think that it is because virtually everyone refers to > "parent" when addressing this issue. > > Thanks for the input. > > ... doug
The line box is an anonymous inline element [1] [2] generated by the DOM. The line box is an anonymous parent in the inline formatting context or anonymous child in the block formatting context. [1] <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#line-box> [2] <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#x10> -- Alan http://css-class.com/ Armies Cannot Stop An Idea Whose Time Has Come. - Victor Hugo http://www.wearechange.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
