- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:13:17 -0700
- To: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- CC: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
On 08/18/2010 11:00 AM, Anton Prowse wrote: > On 18/08/2010 01:09, fantasai wrote: >> On 08/14/2010 11:02 PM, Anton Prowse wrote: >>> >>> > * The amount necessary to place the top border edge of the block >>> > even with the previously computed hypothetical position of the top >>> > border edge of the element. (Informative Note: This is necessary to >>> > handle the case where the float moves due to the element's top >>> > margin no longer collapsing with previous margins.) >>> >>> (This is assuming – reasonably, I think – that that's what the equation >>> in Calculation 2 really is trying to say.) > >> We do know, based on the CSSWG's archives, that the rewording above >> is the original intent of Calculation 2. I had in fact suggested >> replacing Ian's rather convoluted calculation with the following >> at that time: >> >> | 2. The amount necessary to place the border edge of the block >> | at its hypothetical position. >> >> The intent is exactly to ensure that the clearing element does not >> move upwards as a result of clearing. > > Hmm, I went through the public mailing list archives in some detail > prior to participating in this clearance discussion, and didn't find > anything. Are you referring to non-public archives? If so, would you > be able and willing to post any or all of this discussion publicly? > > Anyhow, thanks for the info. I'll proceed to factor this into my recent > analysis. This was in the non-public archives, back when the CSSWG conducted technical discussion on a Members-only list. The tests that factored into that decision were these: http://www.hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/css/box/block/margin-collapse/microsoft/ The minutes from that meeting (it was an F2F) are here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2007JanMar/0514.html I would have to get permission to post them publicly. ~fantasai
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