CSS: is space before unit legal?

ShellShock · 04-18-2014, 04:06 AM

The Calibre viewer/editor will obey this style, but the Adobe renderer (as used in Kobos etc) does not:

Code:

text-indent: 1.5 em;

There is a space between 1.5 and em. Is the space legal according to the standard?

Edit: I meant text-indent, not text-align. Oops!

odedta · 04-18-2014, 04:13 AM

The space doesn't matter at all.

Please read this: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_text-align.asp

The value you give that property is incorrect.

If you want to move the text a bit further from the start then use the text-indent property.

ShellShock · 04-18-2014, 04:49 AM

Please see my edit - I meant text-indent. Sorry! So is the space legal?

odedta · 04-18-2014, 05:20 AM

The space between text-indent: and the value is legal, the space between the actual value 1.5 and the units em is ilegal

correct form:

Quote:

text-indent: 1.5em;
or:
text-indent:1.5em;

AnotherCat · 04-18-2014, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShellShock

The Calibre viewer/editor will obey this style...

In my experience Calibre Editor's "Check Book" identifies correctly the likes of "1.5 em" (space between 1.5 and em) as not being valid.

04-18-2014, 04:06 AM	#1
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	CSS: is space before unit legal? The Calibre viewer/editor will obey this style, but the Adobe renderer (as used in Kobos etc) does not: Code: text-indent: 1.5 em; There is a space between 1.5 and em. Is the space legal according to the standard? Edit: I meant text-indent, not text-align. Oops! Last edited by ShellShock; 04-18-2014 at 04:48 AM.

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04-18-2014, 04:13 AM	#2
odedta Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 96448 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: iPad	The space doesn't matter at all. Please read this: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_text-align.asp The value you give that property is incorrect. If you want to move the text a bit further from the start then use the text-indent property.

04-18-2014, 04:49 AM	#3
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	Please see my edit - I meant text-indent. Sorry! So is the space legal?

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