[whatwg] Why is the legend element not categorized as flow content?

divya manian divya.manian at gmail.com
Mon Mar 29 11:06:47 PDT 2010


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If an element has special rules about where it can be placed, it's
> probably not flow content.  That captures the <legend> issue, at
> least, since it can only occur as the first child of <fieldset>.

Ah that is much clearer. Thanks for that explanation. I wonder if this
needs to be clarified in the draft?

Regards,
Divya



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