Re: [CSS 2.1] static position of an absolutely positioned element with auto-offsets

Ingo Chao wrote:
> The static position is the position an element would have had in the
> normal flow --  separated in vertical and horizontal direction.
> 
> But this sentence seems to encourage diversity:
> "...user agents are free to make a guess at its probable position"
> (CSS 2.1: 10.3.7 and 10.6.4).
> 
> IE places an absolutely positioned box with auto-offsets /alongside/ a
> float. Does this behavior violate the spec or not? I think it should.

Would s/probable position/probable vertical position/ solve this problem?

~fantasai