Bug or standards compliant? Applied margins to an inner div cause outer div to weirdly collapse if it has no borders.

Sent by Steve Clay on 14 October 2005 01:01

Thursday, October 13, 2005, 5:13:15 PM, Sascha wrote:
> http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2003/11/no_margin_for_error/
> But still. I added position: relative to the elements in question to no
> avail.

Position:absolute /does/ eliminate the collapsing, but you're right,
relative doesn't.  This may be a corner of the spec that few, if any,
browsers have implemented.

Steve
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• Bug or standards compliant? Applied margins to an inner div cause outer div to weirdly collapse if it has no borders. - Sascha Ebach, 13th October 2005 22:09
  • Bug or standards compliant? Applied margins to an inner div cause outer div to weirdly collapse if it has no borders. - Sascha Ebach, 13th October 2005 22:23
    • Bug or standards compliant? Applied margins to an inner div cause outer div to weirdly collapse if it has no borders. - Steve Clay, 14th October 2005 01:34
  • Bug or standards compliant? Applied margins to an inner div cause outer div to weirdly collapse if it has no borders. - Sascha Ebach, 14th October 2005 14:43