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29/03/2008, 10h53

On 2008-03-29, liketofindoutwhy@gmail.com <liketofindoutwhy@gmail.com> wrote:
> i found that there is a rule regarding "pure space" directly inside a
> block element or directly inside an inline element. For the following
> example, in compliance strict mode:
>
><body>
>
> <div>
>
> hello
> world
>
> </div>
>
>
>
> <div>
>
> <img src="pic.jpg">
> <img src="pic.jpg">
>
> </div>
>
>
></body>
>
> there are tons of spaces after the first <div>, and they are the
> newline and space characters. But none is honored. None is rendered.

It all gets collapsed to one space. Try setting white-space: pre on body
and you should see all your spaces.

[...]
> This seems like the rule, applicable on IE7, Firefox 2, and Safari 3.
> This being the general rule it seems, does the spec actually say
> something about this?

See CSS 2.1 16.6.1 which explains how white-space is collapsed.

29/03/2008, 10h53	#2
Ben C Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Pure space directly inside div ignored, but pure space directly inside span honored On 2008-03-29, liketofindoutwhy@gmail.com <liketofindoutwhy@gmail.com> wrote: > i found that there is a rule regarding "pure space" directly inside a > block element or directly inside an inline element. For the following > example, in compliance strict mode: > ><body> > > <div> > > hello > world > > </div> > > > > <div> > > <img src="pic.jpg"> > <img src="pic.jpg"> > > </div> > > ></body> > > there are tons of spaces after the first <div>, and they are the > newline and space characters. But none is honored. None is rendered. It all gets collapsed to one space. Try setting white-space: pre on body and you should see all your spaces. [...] > This seems like the rule, applicable on IE7, Firefox 2, and Safari 3. > This being the general rule it seems, does the spec actually say > something about this? See CSS 2.1 16.6.1 which explains how white-space is collapsed.