- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:02:29 -0700
- To: Javier Fernandez <jfernandez@igalia.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 4:47 AM, Javier Fernandez <jfernandez@igalia.com> wrote: > Hi Tab, > > I'd need further clarification on the "parent" concept for the > Alignment 'auto' value resolution and the "flat-tree" concept. > > https://w3c.github.io/webcomponents/spec/shadow/#flat-trees > https://w3c.github.io/webcomponents/spec/shadow/#attributes > > On 06/01/2016 01:06 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> Anonymous boxes are, as the name suggests, *boxes* - they show up in >> the box tree, which is constructed *from* the element tree. "Parent >> element" refers to the element tree; it doesn't care about box-tree >> structure. (And so there's no layout-time determination; this >> behavior can instead be resolved at inheritance time.) >> > > Would it be correct to consider your sentence "Parent element" refers to > the element tree" in a more general way as "Parent element" refers to the > flat-tree ? Yes, after selectors are run, all of the rest of CSS operates on the flat tree. ~TJ
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