On 2008-04-04, Jeff <jeff@spam_me_n ot.comwrote:
Yes, it's called "shrink-to-fit" and describes the width you get when
you set width to auto on certain elements (tables, table cells, floats,
absolutely or fixed positioned boxes).
It is a technical term and is in the CSS spec.
But I don't think that's what Gus meant by "shrinkwrap ". I think he just
meant "contains inline content that happens to flow around floats".
dorayme wrote:
>
Oh, there is some web design book that calls it that. I had never heard
of it until then.
>
Something about floats shrinking to the minimum size of the contents,
again something I'm unfamiliar with.
>
Perhaps someone can elaborate on this.
>In article <MPWdnYQR98QBFW janZ2dnUVZ_sedn Z2d@golden.net> ,
> Gus Richter <gusrichter@net scape.netwrote:
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>OK Gus, will take a look. But I am puzzled why you talk of #shrink being
>"shrinkwrapped "
> Gus Richter <gusrichter@net scape.netwrote:
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>>#shrink {border: 1px solid;backgroun d: #ffc;width:8em; }
>OK Gus, will take a look. But I am puzzled why you talk of #shrink being
>"shrinkwrapped "
Oh, there is some web design book that calls it that. I had never heard
of it until then.
>
Something about floats shrinking to the minimum size of the contents,
again something I'm unfamiliar with.
>
Perhaps someone can elaborate on this.
you set width to auto on certain elements (tables, table cells, floats,
absolutely or fixed positioned boxes).
It is a technical term and is in the CSS spec.
But I don't think that's what Gus meant by "shrinkwrap ". I think he just
meant "contains inline content that happens to flow around floats".