Okay, I understand. Thanks.

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Brett P.


On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Simon Moss <[email protected]> wrote:

> Isn't it because the img tag when within an anchor tag will by default show
> a blue border around it - behaviour from the days before css? Separate
> behaviour from the anchor tag itself - a special instance of the img tag
> itself.
>
> So if you're wondering why - well - because of history? (I never thought
> working with the web would make me feel old... ;-)  )
>
> Simon M
>
>> The question, better explained is, using the above code, why do you have
>> to apply the CSS attribute, border: none;, to the image tag within the
>> anchor tag? Rather than using text-decoration: none;, to the anchor tag,
>> like you would use it to apply to an anchor tag with text in it to remove
>> the underline.
>>
>> Observe...
>>
>> <a href="link.html" style="text-decoration: none;">text is now not
>> underlined</a>
>> <a href="link.html">text is now underlined</a>
>>
>> As the anchor tag automatically applies the blue, underlined part of the
>> text, when surrounding an image tag it puts the underline on the image, but
>> in a blue border form around the image. Why use border: none; to the image
>> rather than text-decoration: none; to the anchor tag?
>>
>> If you have a page that needs all the links to have no underline or
>> "border" (if an image is a link as well), why would want to have to have to
>> declarations for that, rather than one? You could have:
>>
>> a
>>  {
>>  text-decoration: none;
>>  }
>>
>> a img
>>  {
>>  border: none;
>>  }
>>
>> but that takes a little more coding. Not that much more but still... you
>> could have just used the a { text-decoration: none; }.
>>
>> --
>> Brett P.
>>
>
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