Question regarding IMG attribute 'HSPACE'

[Bjoern]

Hi all.

How can I place button pictures next to each other without a gap between the
two buttons?
I've tried using HSPACE="0", but there is still a discernable gap between
the two.
Does anyone out there know of a different method?

My attempt: <img src="images/button_1.jpg" border="0" align= "absmiddle"
hspace="0">


Thanks in advance,

Bjoern

 

[Lauri Raittila]

How can I place button pictures next to each other without a gap between the
two buttons?
URL?

I've tried using HSPACE="0",

Well, that doesn't help anything.

but there is still a discernable gap between the two.
Does anyone out there know of a different method?

Assuming horizonatal gap.

My attempt: <img src="images/button_1.jpg" border="0" align= "absmiddle"
hspace="0">

As usual, you codesnipped was not very useful. URL is best, code snipped
with all relevant information and nothing else is almost as good. Of
course, if you would know what is relevant, you would also know the
answer...

<img ...><img ...>

Not (because white space bug)
<img ...>
<img ...>
nor
<img ...> <img ...>

 

[Spartanicus]

<img ...><img ...>

Not (because white space bug)
<img ...>
<img ...>

Not a bug, correct behaviour.

 

[brucie]

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Not a bug, correct behaviour.

no its not.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendix/notes.html#notes-line-breaks

 

[Spartanicus]

no its not.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendix/notes.html#notes-line-breaks

Doesn't apply to the quoted situation (start/end tags only).

<img ...>
<img ...>

Is similar to

Foo
Bar

 

[brucie]

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Doesn't apply to the quoted situation (start/end tags only).

<img ...>
<img ...>

<img><lb>
<img>

"...a line break immediately following a start tag must be ignored..."

 

[Spartanicus]

<img> is a start tag.

"a line break immediately following a start tag must be ignored"

Doesn't apply.

"as must a line break immediately before an end tag"

Also doesn't apply.

 

[brucie]

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"a line break immediately following a start tag must be ignored"
Doesn't apply.
why?

"as must a line break immediately before an end tag"
Also doesn't apply.

why?

 

[Spartanicus]

why?

<img> is empty, hence no end tag.

 

[brucie]

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<img> is empty, hence it's not a start tag.


<img> is empty, hence no end tag.

the end tag for the image element is forbidden

 

[Mitja]

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if <img> is not a start tag of the img element then what is it?

I've always thought of <img> as of <img></img> (and similar for <input> et
al.). In a way, it makes sense: the moment you open the tag, you kind of
close it. "Kind of", of course - the terms here must be applied loosely.
AFAIK the XHTML validator (incorrectly) doesn't distinguish between <img/>
and <img></img>. This doesn't mean anything in particular, but shows the
logic behind it all.
But if you look at it the practical way, what one would expect is certainly
the no-whitespace behavior.

So trying to follow the specs as closely as possible, I tend to agree with
Spartanicus, although the matter is far from clear.

 

[brucie]

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I've always thought of <img> as of <img></img> (and similar for <input> et
al.).

the closing tags for both those elements are forbidden.

AFAIK the XHTML validator (incorrectly) doesn't distinguish between <img/>
and <img></img>.

because either method is valid

So trying to follow the specs as closely as possible, I tend to agree with
Spartanicus, although the matter is far from clear.

its very clear. if there is a linebreak directly following an opening
tag then it must be ignored. its very simple

 

[Spartanicus]

if <img> is not a start tag of the img element then what is it?

An empty element.

 

[brucie]

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An empty element.

it doesn't matter if the element is empty or not and its still a start
tag.

 

[Mitja]

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the closing tags for both those elements are forbidden.


because either method is valid

Thought only the first one was the way to go. Sorry.

its very clear. if there is a linebreak directly following an opening
tag then it must be ignored. its very simple

What doesn't seem clear to me is whether <img> (in html) is an opening tag.
Semantically, if not sytactically, it is the equivalent of xhtml's <img/>.
The way I see it, it means opening _and_ closing the tag at the same time -
that's also why it's called empty.

 

[brucie]

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What doesn't seem clear to me is whether <img> (in html) is an opening tag.

Semantically, if not sytactically, it is the equivalent of xhtml's <img/>.
The way I see it, it means opening _and_ closing the tag at the same time
that's also why it's called empty.

it doesn't matter if the element is empty or not. "This applies to all
HTML elements without exception."

i really cant understand why this seems such a hard concept to grasp for
some people. b.3.1 is very clear and simple to understand.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

hence it's not a start tag.

You are stupid, hence it is a start tag.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

the closing tags for both those elements are forbidden.

.... in HTML, but not in XHTML.