- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:47:16 +0200
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: "www-style list" <www-style@w3.org>
On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:08:01 +0200, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:42:41 +0200, Tab Atkins Jr. >> <jackalmage@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> How do you explain the element case? >>> >>> >>> Same deal, isn't it? The containing block generated by an element is >>> based on the element's geometry, not its scrollable area. >> >> >> So for http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/3185 >> the >> spec says "the containing block is formed by the padding edge of the >> ancestor." and so, in my understanding, the position:absolute element >> should >> stay anchored to the element's padding edge when the element is >> scrolled, >> since the padding edge doesn't move. Is that right? > > Ah, no, you want, like, the containing block, as projected into the > scrollable area's coordinate space. Hmm. OK. But the spec doesn't say that. Also nothing about what the scroll position should be when you do the projection. -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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