[css2] Added description of vertical-align in case of row span.

bert-github · bert-github · commit 4cf7f408fefd · 1998-05-11T18:54:37.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/tables.src b/css2/tables.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: tables.src,v 2.41 1998-05-08 16:47:31 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: tables.src,v 2.42 1998-05-11 18:54:37 bbos Exp $ -->
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <title>Tables</title>
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ the table is 'ltr'; if the <span
 class="propinst-direction">'direction'</span> is 'rtl', interchange
 "left" and "right" in the previous sentence.)
 
-<li>A cell box cannot extend beyond the last row box of a table; the
+<li>A cell box cannot extend beyond the last row box of a table or
+row-group; the
 user agents must shorten it until it fits. 
 </ol>
 
@@ -894,21 +895,22 @@ following meanings:</p>
 <dl>
 <dt><strong>baseline</strong></dt>
 <dd>The baseline of the cell is put at the same height as the baseline
-of the row (see below for the definition of baselines of cells and
-rows).
+of the first of the rows it spans (see below for the definition of
+baselines of cells and rows).
 <dt><strong>top</strong></dt>
-<dd>The top of the cell box is aligned with the top of the row.
+<dd>The top of the cell box is aligned with the top of the first row
+it spans.
 <dt><strong>bottom</strong></dt>
-<dd>The bottom of the cell box is aligned with the bottom of the row.
+<dd>The bottom of the cell box is aligned with the bottom of the last
+row it spans.
 <dt><strong>middle</strong></dt>
-<dd>The center of the cell is aligned with the center of the row.
+<dd>The center of the cell is aligned with the center of the rows it
+spans.
 <dt><strong>sub, super, text-top, text-bottom</strong></dt>
 <dd>These values do not apply to cells; the cell is aligned at the
 baseline instead.
 </dl>
 
-<!-- Add statement about cells that span more than one row? -IJ -->
-
 <p>The baseline of a cell is the baseline of the first 
 <a href="visuren.html#line-box">line box</a> in
 the cell. If there is no text, the baseline is the baseline of
