Re: [css-d] s now a legitimate presentational device for layout according to W3

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:57:06 -0700

A point I've not seen anyone make here (apologies if I missed some postings) is that tables are still required for reliable (?) layout in HTML e-mails. So perhaps it's as well that they be legitimate. It doesn't mean we are required to use them for layout in browsers.

On 17/03/2011 18:20, Barney Carroll wrote:
...[tables are the only way for]...

• Wrapping contents (achieved with the non-spec zoom in IE and the
hacky .clearfix:after in other browsers)
• Sequence of elements filling the width of their parent
(stubbornella's OOCSS grids.css)
• Vertical alignment control (impossible without scripting as far as I've seen)



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