RE: [WSG] What kind of unit is _qem ?

2011-04-30 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> This question has come up on CSS discuss in the past.
> http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/104705
> 
> One answer:
> "I believe qem stands for "quirky em" and is a proprietary Webkit
> syntax
> used to refer to a margin which can be collapsed when the page is in
> quirks mode."

Thanks a lot Russ. Also, it does not seem to appear in the Moz styles sheet,
even though I thought I've seen it in there.
 
> How weird is that!

Yes, that's weird. I'm not even sure why they'd do that unless quirks mode
prevents margin collapsing and would create extra space(?). Just guessing, I
have no clue.

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Regards,
Thierry
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Re: [WSG] What kind of unit is _qem ?

2011-04-30 Thread Russ Weakley
This question has come up on CSS discuss in the past.
http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/104705

One answer:
"I believe qem stands for "quirky em" and is a proprietary Webkit syntax 
used to refer to a margin which can be collapsed when the page is in 
quirks mode."

How weird is that!
Russ


On 01/05/2011, at 10:02 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

> I see this unit being used with margin for example, in Mozilla and WebKit
> styles sheets, but I can't find any reference to it. 
> Looks like it is mostly use to declare vertical values (top, bottom, before,
> after). 
> 
> Any clue? 
> Thanks
> 
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