inal adaptation won't
completely occur until well after the rest of us old-timers have
retired. ;)
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[mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of Bobby Jack
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--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Jack Blankenships wrote:
> The idea that using display: table-cell does not seem to be any more
> semantically correct than simply placing the element in a table cell ...
By definition, CSS declarations are NOT semantic but simply describe the visual
rendering of associate
2009/4/23 Jack Blankenships :
> If I am vertically aligning an element it seems that the only way to
> consistently do so with standard css is to implement a "display:
> table-cell; vertical-align: middle;" style on the container.
>
> Is there any benefit this affords me over just creating a table?
I disagree. The idea that using display: table-cell does not seem to
be any more semantically correct than simply placing the element in a
table cell according to the W3C
(http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/tables.html#value-def-table-cell):
table-cell (In HTML: TD, TH)
Specifies that an eleme
> Another thing to note is that not all browsers implement
> display:table-cell
Can you make mention of which don't?
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The benefit of using display:table-cell over an actual table is that if
the text is not tabular, it does not belong in a table. Using
display:table-cell will allow you to mimic the display of a table cell
while being semantically correct.
Another thing to note is that not all browsers implement
d
If I am vertically aligning an element it seems that the only way to
consistently do so with standard css is to implement a "display:
table-cell; vertical-align: middle;" style on the container.
Is there any benefit this affords me over just creating a table? I
seems odd to me that the new hero f
