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Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
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This is definitely and distinctly a CSS issue, not a HTML one. The
fact that the contents of an element flow into another box elsewhere in
the page has nothing to do with the underlying structure of the data -
it's still a single cohesive element, and thus in html it would be
marked up exactly as normal. You just happen to be displaying it
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The accuracy of your statement depends largely on whether the
specification allows the content source to be defined across all joined
blocks or only in the first. For example:<br>
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<div id="col1"><p>first para</p><p>second
para</p></div><br>
... other unrelated markup ...<br>
<div join="col1"><p>third para</p></div><br>
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This markup would be common when the author is trying to support legacy
or non-CSS browsers. The join attribute allows supporting agents to
know that conceptually the third para follows on from the second. This
might be useful for text or audio browsers to correctly concatenate
related sections of text and for search engines trying to demarcate
meaningful areas of the page. I strongly recommend that HTML5 define
the join attribute and then allow the CSS group to define its behaviour
in relation to visual styles. The 'class' attribute sets a precedent
for this as it is defined in HTML despite generally having no
implications beyond being a style hook. CSS cannot currently target
elements except by their structural alignment to others and in many
cases the blocks to be joined won't have a simple relationship.
Targetting the id of joined elements with the 'join' attribute is still
required regardless of how the CSS rules are implemented and this is
the correct forum for new HTML attributes.<br>
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I've got some ideas in this regard, but we should move it to the CSS
list, <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:www-style@w3.org">www-style@w3.org</a>.<br>
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Already done. The topic is currently waiting on moderation.<br>
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Shannon
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