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enuddleyarbl · 07-26-2022, 09:42 AM

In almost every epub that I play with, I see things like:

Code:

<br class="calibre1"/>

Of course, I see it with classes other than calibre1. But, what's the point? Is the class merely to set the size of the break inserted? In the case of calibre1, though it's invariably got the underlying css of:

Code:

.calibre1 {
  display: block;
}

So, in that case, what's the difference between <br/> and <br class="calibre1"/>?

Similarly, I wonder about self-closing <a and <p tags with classes inside them that don't actually DO anything but set an id= . What's the point of the formatting classes inside them?

07-26-2022, 09:42 AM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 779 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Sage	Point of "<br class="calibre1"/>"? In almost every epub that I play with, I see things like: Code: <br class="calibre1"/> Of course, I see it with classes other than calibre1. But, what's the point? Is the class merely to set the size of the break inserted? In the case of calibre1, though it's invariably got the underlying css of: Code: .calibre1 { display: block; } So, in that case, what's the difference between <br/> and <br class="calibre1"/>? Similarly, I wonder about self-closing <a and <p tags with classes inside them that don't actually DO anything but set an id= . What's the point of the formatting classes inside them?