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http://quirks.spec.whatwg.org/#the-blocks-ignore-line-height-quirk [[ 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. ]] 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
The wording is similar to the normative text in http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-line-height . https://github.com/whatwg/quirks/commit/bea455390644a9a9345497333bfb898ead59da3e