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Bug 15738 - 'list-item' elements are not the only ones which may generate additional boxes (Issue 271)
Summary: 'list-item' elements are not the only ones which may generate additional boxe...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: CSS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: CSS Level 2 (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Windows 3.1
: P2 normal
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Assignee: Bert Bos
QA Contact: public-css-bugzilla
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Reported: 2012-01-27 14:39 UTC by Anton P
Modified: 2012-12-04 00:51 UTC (History)
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Description Anton P 2012-01-27 14:39:20 UTC 
Reported by Anton Prowse

This is Issue 271: http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css2.1#issue-271

9.2.1 (Block-level elements and block boxes) currently says:

   # [...]. Some block-level elements may generate additional boxes in
   # addition to the principal box: 'list-item' elements. These
   # additional boxes are placed with respect to the principal box.

We should make 'list-items' an example, since tables also generate an additional box and indeed all block-level elements are capable of generating 
anonymous boxes, depending on their contents.

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Bug description:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jan/0087.html (Issue 1)



Issue 271: http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css2.1#issue-271

Summary
    Make list-item's additional boxes clause example rather than exhaustive.
URL
    http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jan/0087.html issue 1
Proposal
    insert “e.g.” between colon and ”'list-item' elements”.
Resolution
    Assumed editorial.
Status
    Open. =errata= Deferred to Errata
Comment 1 Anton P 2012-07-23 15:00:37 UTC 
This bug is partially solved by the later proposals for Bug 17782.