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yogaboy
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p p p paragraphs - 8/17/2005 18:43:55
Hello all,
Quick (i hope) quiz for you.
I want to get rid of the carriage-return added on the end of a paragraph by the <p> tags. I've tried using
p {margin: 0;}
or
p {margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;}
but neither has worked. How do I get rid of the carriage-return???!!!!
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davidrandall
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RE: p p p paragraphs - 8/18/2005 7:33:23
On your next build, why not try the global white space reset at the beginning of your style sheet:
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
Then you can add margins, padding etc to only those elements you choose.
Dave
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womble
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RE: p p p paragraphs - 8/18/2005 7:39:20
Iain, I agree with your <rant> to a certain extent. Valid xhtml and css should be about trimming out superfluous content that isn't required, but (and I know this isn't the right forum) adding white space between paragraphs aids accessibility. More white space makes it easier to read paragraphs, whether you have visual problems or not.
I recently did a page with a poem on it, and of course I needed a new line every so often, but I didn't want too much space between them. The lines were pretty short and using a closing </p> tag at the end of each line made the whole thing look ridiculous, so I ended up using <br /> at the end of the lines and simply adjusting the space round the whole thing using css. Removing the extras via css is a hassle, yes, but the general principle of having space between paragraphs is a good one.
I may be wrong, but I don't think it's the W3C that add in the space between paragraphs and headings etc., it's the browsers and how they interpret the tags. The poem I mentioned earlier - the biggest hassle was finding a happy medium for the white space around it because of the differences in how FF and IE rendered it, but browser differences is another rant entirely. 
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