On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com > wrote: > In Chrome and Firefox, at least, the first box gets a horizontal > scrollbar because the preferred width does not include the width of > the vertical scrollbar for overflow: auto. This makes sense because to > determine whether a scrollbar is needed, the box has to be laid out, > and the preferred width can't depend on layout. Conversely, at least > in Chrome (haven't tested other browsers), the scrollbar does get > included if it's overflow:scroll. > Firefox does that too. > But my question is, is this behavior specified? (and correct? :) ) > I don't think it's specified anywhere. I've never been able to think of a better behavior that doesn't require an extra layout pass to determine the preferred width. > (Also, I was surprised when I realized that the scrollbar gets placed > within the content box, ie. width: 100px gets reduced by the scrollbar > size. Is that, too, specified?) > I don't think so, but I'm pretty sure it's necessary for Web compatibility. Rob -- lbir ye,ea yer.tnietoehr rdn rdsme,anea lurpr edna e hnysnenh hhe uresyf toD selthor stor edna siewaoeodm or v sstvr esBa kbvted,t rdsme,aoreseoouoto o l euetiuruewFa kbn e hnystoivateweh uresyf tulsa rehr rdm or rnea lurpr .a war hsrer holsa rodvted,t nenh hneireseoouot.tniesiewaoeivatewt sstvr esn
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