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Bug 20054 - "In quirks mode and almost standards mode, a blo..."
Summary: "In quirks mode and almost standards mode, a blo..."
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Quirks Mode (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Simon Pieters
QA Contact: sideshowbarker+quirksspec
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Reported: 2012-11-23 09:19 UTC by Simon Pieters
Modified: 2013-03-01 16:03 UTC (History)
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Description Simon Pieters 2012-11-23 09:19:38 UTC 
http://quirks.spec.whatwg.org/#the-blocks-ignore-line-height-quirk

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In quirks mode and almost standards mode, a block container element whose content is composed of inline-level elements, the element's 'line-height' must be ignored for the purpose of calculating the minimal height of line boxes within the element.
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:21:39 +0100, Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu <kanghaol@oupeng.com> wrote:
> s/a block/for a block/ ?
>
> , I am wondering if it's easier to understand if the spec just sas the
> "struts"[1] don't exist. But I am not an expert in inline formatting...
> Also, you might consider "a block container element establishing inline
> formatting context" in place of the current wording.
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#strut