[whatwg] Alignment of empty buttons

[Ian Hickson]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> On 11/22/13 6:00 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> > Hm, it's true that <button>s do seem exceedingly eager to remain 
> > inline-block-esque even when set to more block-like display types.
> 
> Or when set to display:inline, for that matter.
> 
> > The definition above talks only about the contents of the element, not 
> > the element itself, except that the element may have intrinsic 
> > dimensions. In the case of <button>, the contents are very much 
> > rendered by CSS. It's the element itself that defies CSS rules.
> 
> By that argument, as <select size="10"> is a non-replaced if the 
> <option>s are rendered by the rules of CSS (which in Gecko they are, by 
> the way).

<select>s aren't rendered according to the CSS in the way that <button> 
contents are. Consider:

   http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/2654


> Basically, the concept of "replaced element" as you interpret it is not 
> quite flexible enough to describe all the things that "don't behave like 
> normal CSS boxes" that we have around.

"As I interpret it" is "as it's defined in CSS". If the definition is 
wrong, let's fix it, but as currently defined, <button> isn't a replaced 
element by the CSS definition.


> > Setting it to 'table-row' doesn't make it a row on the outside:
> 
> Just like <img>, odd.

In the case of <img>, that's a bug, as far as I can tell. I don't see what 
in CSS would justify this behaviour.

Maybe it's a bug for <button> as well, and maybe "replaced element" needs 
to be redefined so that it's not about the contents but about the element 
having intrinsic dimensions that override normal sizing behaviour.


> I could probably describe how Gecko implements <button> if you would 
> like. Either here or in <https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23893>.
> Just let me know.

Sure, that'd be great. (Either place is fine.)

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