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Re: [CSS21] Does 10.6.7 apply to the root element?

From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:06:54 +0200
To: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
Cc: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <op.s77ahsvj64w2qv@id-c0020.oslo.opera.com> 

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:36:15 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
>> Reading 10.6.6
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/visudet.html#q22 and given
>> that 'overflow'
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/visufx.html#overflow acts
>> like 'auto' when applied to the root element does
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/visudet.html#root-height
>> apply to the root element?
>
> No. The spec is non-ambiguous. The 'overflow' propagation does not affect
> the computed value.

And what if 'overflow' is set on the root element (to 'auto')? See:

   http://dump.testsuite.org/2006/www-style/002.htm


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Anne van Kesteren
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