Re: Absolutely positioned, non-replaced elements

On 7/23/06, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
> Shadow2531 wrote:
> > Then, for rule #3, since width and right are auto and left is not, the
> > width is shrink-to-fit.
>
> Yes.
>
> > Now, I think the float: right; for the child h3 causes IE and Gecko to
> > get 0 for right, but I'm not 100% sure how.
>
> There's a bug in Gecko's shrink-to-fit algorithm if there's a shrink-to-fit
> child inside the thing you're working with.  Since the float has no width set,
> it's shrink-to-fit, so you hit the bug.
>
> We expect to have this bug fixed in Gecko 1.9; the relevant builds render your
> page identically to Opera.
>
> -Boris
>

Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted to know.

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burnout426

Received on Monday, 24 July 2006 01:14:30 UTC