Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

On Jan 9, 2008 10:43 AM, david wrote: > Bruno Fassino wrote: > > How does the available width take part in that computation beyond > functioning as the maximum width? It takes part acting as a maximum for the computation, as you say :-) > > I think they are simply cases where a different behavio

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Bruno Fassino wrote: > On Jan 8, 2008 10:53 AM wrote: >> Bruno Fassino wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Hmmm, I always thought that "auto" kind of carried the idea of "shrink-to-fit"? >>> width:auto has much different meanings, depending on the value of other >>> properties. >> So

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

On Jan 8, 2008 10:53 AM wrote: > Bruno Fassino wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Hmmm, I always thought that "auto" kind of carried the idea of > >> "shrink-to-fit"? > > > > width:auto has much different meanings, depending on the value of other > > properties. > > So, basically, 'auto'

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Bruno Fassino wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hmmm, I always thought that "auto" kind of carried the idea of >> "shrink-to-fit"? > > width:auto has much different meanings, depending on the value of other > properties. So, basically, 'auto' means "make it the full available width, but if

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:35 AM, Bruno Fassino wrote: >> With a long caption, the text does not wrap to the width of the >> image, but that is expected. > > Yes. To always get a "fit" to the width of the image (or to a wider > unbreakable word, if any) there is: > > width: -moz-min-content; Good poi

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > On Jan 5, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Bruno Fassino wrote: > >> I've not tested, but Firefox 3 beta probably has a >> width: -moz-fit-content; > > That works as expected: the block element is shrinked to fit > the content >

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

On Jan 5, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Bruno Fassino wrote: > Yes, I think there is such a need. > There are mention of (CSS3?) proposals about this in > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311415 > I've not tested, but Firefox 3 beta probably has a > width: -moz-fit-content; That works as

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmmm, I always thought that "auto" kind of carried the idea of > "shrink-to-fit"? width:auto has much different meanings, depending on the value of other properties. For block, non replaced elements in normal flow [1] it roughly means: use all the available width of t

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Ingo Chao wrote: > Bruno Fassino wrote: >> ... Unfortunately this "shrink-to-fit" effect can only be >> obtained as a side effect of other properties ... > > Interesting aspect. > Is there a need for properties that transport such a concept like > shrink-to-fit more directly, without these implic

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Ingo Chao wrote: > Bruno Fassino wrote: >> ... Unfortunately this "shrink-to-fit" effect can only be >> obtained as a side effect of other properties ... > > Interesting aspect. > Is there a need for properties that transport such a concept like > shrink-to-fit more directly, without these implica

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Gautam Patel wrote: > > I am trying to enclose an img tag in a or wrapper; and I want > the wrapper to resize automatically to the image size (i.e., I don't want to > specify a hard-coded size). Using float:left or float:right, this works. But > how do I manage it without a float? > > Your

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Bruno Fassino wrote: > ... Unfortunately this "shrink-to-fit" effect can only be > obtained as a side effect of other properties ... Interesting aspect. Is there a need for properties that transport such a concept like shrink-to-fit more directly, without these implications that properties like

Re: [css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

On Jan 4, 2008 2:02 PM, Gautam Patel wrote: > > I am trying to enclose an img tag in a or wrapper; and I want > the wrapper to resize automatically to the > image size (i.e., I don't want to specify a hard-coded size). Using > float:left or float:right, this works. But how do I > manage it with

[css-d] Auto-Sizing a div or span tag

Hello, I am trying to enclose an img tag in a or wrapper; and I want the wrapper to resize automatically to the image size (i.e., I don't want to specify a hard-coded size). Using float:left or float:right, this works. But how do I manage it without a float? For instance: 1.This works: