Re: Rendering order without positioning

Mikko Rantalainen writes:
>> The property would change the rendering order for the flow within
>> a given containing block.
> Why to limit to just containing block? If I had markup like 
> 
> [snip] 
> 
> And I want to display c2 as the last element of a, why I shouldn't be 
> allowed to do that with this reordering mechanism?

It sounds like you're both looking for 'client-side XSLT' (or possibly 
XSL:FO, as someone else suggested). 

What problem, exactly, is this trying to solve? And why is something that 
looks essentially like it's operating at the DOM level a suitable task for 
CSS? 

Not to be obtuse, but I just don't see an obvious use case here. 

Regards,
Malcolm