How is the inline formatting context triggered in this case?

Question

MDN describes the following about the img element in “styling with CSS” section.

has no baseline, so when images are used in an inline formatting context with vertical-align: baseline, the bottom of the image will be placed on the text baseline.

That said, I recently had a problem with an image related to a small gap under it. This is my code:

p {
    border:  5px red solid;
    margin: 0;
 }


 This is a paragraph with a gap above it

My question is: Why does my image have this gap?, even if I am using it in a block formatting context triggered by the

element which is a block-level element.

How is the inline formatting context triggered in this case?

My image should only have that gap if I am using it in an inline fomatting context but this is not the case.

I may have the misconception on the subject. Any clarification is much appreciated. Thanks!

user_8620333 · Answer

The img will be inside an anonymous block element and inside that anonymous block you have an inline formatting content. You can read more about it here: https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#anonymous-block-level

the DIV appears to have both inline content and block content. To make it easier to define the formatting, we assume that there is an anonymous block box around "Some text".

It's like you have the following where the div is the anonymous block box that create a inline formatting context inside it

p {
    border:  5px red solid;
    margin: 0;
 }
 
 div {
   outline: 1px solid green
 }


 This is a paragraph with a gap above it

How is the inline formatting context triggered in this case?

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