<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>CSS 2.1 Test Suite: Test for vertical alignment on inline-block</title> <link rel="author" title="L. David Baron" href="https://dbaron.org/" /> <link rel="author" title="Mozilla Corporation" href="http://mozilla.com/" /> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#display-prop" /> <meta name="assert" content="This value causes an element to generate a block box, which itself is flowed as a single inline box, similar to a replaced element. The inside of an inline-block is formatted as a block box, and the element itself is formatted as an inline replaced element." /> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#leading" /> <meta name="assert" content="The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge." /> <meta name="flags" content="" /> <style type="text/css"> body { background: white; color: black; } span { display: inline-block; margin: 3px 0; border: 4px solid white; border-width: 4px 0; padding: 9px 0; } span > span { display: block; visibility: hidden; } </style> </head> <body> <table border><tr><td> <p>a<span><span>x</span>bcd</span>e</p> </td></tr></table> </body> </html>