[thelist] css question: no spaces after a line....

martin burns martin at lists.evolt.org
Mon Oct 2 11:22:51 CDT 2000


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At 16:50 02/10/00, Andy Olsen wrote:
>The only workaround I can find is to specify a property tag that will 
>"replace" use of headings. Then, this can be used through the DIV, or 
><SPAN> tag. I've done this on another web site, http://www.wisconsun.org 
>and it worked on CSS-compliant browsers (which the client understood and 
>accepted).
>
>I have this problem in IE 5 and NS4.7x, but not Opera 4. (Go, Opera!)

IE5/Mac's pretty good too.


>But, did I say "replace?" Well, what happens when one replaces the H1 tag 
>with a div  and the user does not have a CSS-compliant browser? Well, then 
>they simply see a paragraph break. No heading formatting. The workaround 
>requires much more markup than I want to stuff into my web pages.

More worryingly, you've then lost the structure of the page in question. 
Remember that <hn> is *structural* markup - it's a vital part of being 
accessible to people with disabilities

Actually, I don't view broken UAs mis-displaying styles to the tune
of a few pixels' space after a heading tag as being particularly significant.

If you *really* want that level of control, then either design for a homogenous
platform (most intranets qualify), or work on print. The more important factors
are that it looks consistent within itself on a given platform (and doesn't 
break
branding across platforms) and that the structure is there.

Cheers
Martin


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