[thelist] ALT for spacer images?

Keith Dahlby dahlbyk at softhome.net
Wed Feb 12 00:39:01 CST 2003


In older browsers, DIV's would likely render new lines (DIV is a block
element).  I would suggest using SPAN's, as they can be styled the same and
would be rendered inline by older browsers.

HTH
Cheers ~ K

At 12:30 AM 2/12/2003, you wrote:
>A very interesting idea,  DIV's eh?  Me likey!  How compatible is that with
>older browsers?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Aleem Bawany [mailto:aleem.bawany at utoronto.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:54 PM
> > To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> > Subject: RE: [thelist] ALT for spacer images?
> >
> > > a) don't use spacer images (but I need to!)
> > > b) give it some value for the ALT parameter
> > > c) ignore the validator and just leave the ALT out
> >
> > Don't leave ALT out. Infact, use alt=""
> > What are you using them for? You could
> > even use divs instead of spacers in most
> > situations.
> >
> > aleem
> >
> > [ http://members.evolt.org/aleem/ ]
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