[css2] Reworded section on anonymous table boxes

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit d81014086ed2 · 1998-02-21T04:28:28.000Z
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: tables.src,v 2.14 1998-02-20 22:31:05 bbos Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: tables.src,v 2.15 1998-02-21 04:28:28 ijacobs Exp $ -->
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <title>Tables</title>
@@ -263,42 +263,45 @@ class="propinst-display">'display'</span> property values for HTML
 documents, since authors should not alter an element's expected
 behavior.
 
-<h3>Anonymous table elements</h3>
+<h3>Anonymous table boxes</h3>
 
-<P>For document languages other than HTML 4.0, authors may designate
-elements to be some, but not all, of the table elements in the CSS2
-table model. In such a case, the "missing" elements are inserted as <a
-href="visuren.html#anonymous">anonymous elements</a> according
-to the following rules:</p>
+<P>For document languages other than HTML 4.0, authors may end up
+some, but not all, document language elements with those in the CSS2
+table model. In these cases, the "missing" elements must be assumed in
+order for the table model to work. The missing elements generate <a
+href="visuren.html#anonymous">anonymous</a> boxes according to the
+following rules:</p>
 
 <ol>
-<li>Any table element will automatically generate a whole table tree
-around itself, consisting of at least three nested elements: a
-'table'/'inline-table', a 'table-row', and a 'table-cell'.
-
-<li>If the parent of a 'table-cell' is not a 'table-row',
-an anonymous 'table-row' element will be assumed as its parent, and
-this anonymous element will span all consecutive 'table-cell'
-siblings. 
-
-<li>If the parent of a 'table-row' is neither a 'table'/'inline-table'
-nor a row group element, an anonymous 'table' will be assumed as its
-parent, spanning all consecutive siblings that also need an anonymous
-'table' parent.
-
-<li>If the parent of a row group element is not a
-'table'/'inline-table', an anonymous 'table' will be assumed as its
-parent, spanning all consecutive siblings that also need an anonymous
-'table' parent.
-
-<li>Anonymous 'table-cell' elements are inserted as children of
-'table-rows', to contain consecutive children that are not
+
+<li>Any table element will automatically generate necessary table
+boxes around itself, consisting of at least three nested boxes
+corresponding to a 'table'/'inline-table' element, a 'table-row'
+element, and a 'table-cell' element.
+
+<li>If the parent of a 'table-cell' is not a 'table-row', a
+'table-row' element will be assumed as its parent, and this 
+element will generate an anonymous box that spans 
+all consecutive 'table-cell' siblings.
+
+<li>If the parent of a 'table-row' is not a 'table', 'inline-table',
+or 'row-group' element, the 'table-row' will be assumed to have a
+parent 'table' element that generates a box spanning all consecutive
+siblings also requiring a 'table' parent.
+
+<li>If the parent of a 'table-row-group' is not a 'table'
+or 'inline-table', the 'table-row-group' will be assumed to have a
+parent 'table' element that generates a box spanning all consecutive
+siblings also requiring a 'table' parent.
+
+<li>'table-cell' elements are inserted as children of a
+'table-row' element to contain consecutive children that are not
 'table-cell' elements.
 </ol>
 
 <div class="example">
-<p>In this XML example, an anonymous 'table' is inserted to
-contain the HBOX element:</p>
+<p>In this XML example, a 'table' element is assumed
+to contain the HBOX element:</p>
 
 <pre class="xml-example">
 &lt;HBOX&gt;
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@ contain the HBOX element:</p>
 &lt;/HBOX&gt;
 </pre>
 
-<p>The style sheet is:</p>
+<p>because the associated style sheet is:</p>
 
 <pre class="example">
 HBOX {display: table-row}
@@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ VBOX {display: table-cell}
 </div><!-- end of example -->
 
 <div class="example">
-<p>In this example, three anonymous 'table-cell' elements are inserted
+<p>In this example, three 'table-cell' elements are assumed
 to contain the text in the ROWs. Note that the text is further
 encapsulated in anonymous inline boxes, as explained in <a
 href="visuren.html#anonymous">visual rendering model</a>:</p>
@@ -413,7 +416,7 @@ href="visuren.html#block-level">block-level</a> or replaced <a
 href="visuren.html#inline">inline</a> element.
 
 <P>In both cases, the table element generates an <a
-href="visuren.html#anonymous">anonymous box</a> that contains the
+href="visuren.html#anonymous">anonymous</a> box that contains the
 table box itself and the caption's box (if present). The table and
 caption boxes retain their own content, padding, margin, and border
 areas, and the dimensions of the rectangular anonymous box are the
@@ -585,7 +588,7 @@ box; it is made shorter until it fits.
 </ol>
 
 <div class="note">
-<p><em><strong>Note.</strong>The above is an extension of the HTML 4.0
+<p><em><strong>Note.</strong> The above is an extension of the HTML 4.0
 algorithm. The HTML 4.0 specification only defines the position of
 cells if they can be placed so that they do not leave gaps. If cells
 would leave gaps when following the algorithm above (or, equivalently,
@@ -977,7 +980,7 @@ in the following HTML table:</p>
 
 <P>to align along the decimal point. For fun,
 we have used the <span class="index-inst" title=":before">:before</span>
-pseudo-class to insert a dollar sign before each figure:</P>
+pseudo-element to insert a dollar sign before each figure:</P>
 
 <PRE>
 Long distance calls
