CSS styles such as display: inline
allow <span>
and <div>
to break (fragment) into several rectangles on separate lines, whereas <fieldset>
and <button>
with the same CSS rules remain one rectangle:
span, div, fieldset, button {
display: inline;
border: 1px solid red;
}
Lorem <span> ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo</span> consequat.<hr>
Lorem <div> ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo</div> consequat.<hr>
Lorem <fieldset> ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo</fieldset> consequat.<hr>
Lorem <button> ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo</button> consequat.<hr>
Is there info (in the spec or browser-specific) regarding which HTML elements have or don't have this breakability/fragmentability trait?
The "CSS Fragmentation Module" spec says "inline breaking is not covered here; see [CSS2]/[CSS3TEXT]". The "CSS Text Module Level 3" spec mentions "break" over 1,000 times but doesn't mention <div>
or <fieldset>
. So I'm not sure where to look.