[RC3] assert of absolute-non-replaced-height-004 ; numbers-units-008 rejectable

Hello,

http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20101027/html4/absolute-non-replaced-height-004.htm

http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/microsoft/submitted/Chapter_10/absolute-non-replaced-height-004.htm


has the following assert:

<meta name="assert" content="When 'top', 'bottom' and 'height' are all
are not 'auto', 'margin-top' is 'auto' and 'margin-bottom' is not
'auto'. Then 'margin-top' becomes the remainder of the height of the
containing box.">


I suggest to replace it with

<meta name="assert" content="When 'top', 'bottom', 'height' and
'margin-bottom' of an absolutely positioned, non-replaced element are
all not 'auto' while its 'margin-top' is 'auto', then 'margin-top'
becomes the remainder of the height of its containing block.">


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http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20101027/html4/numbers-units-008.htm

http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/microsoft/submitted/Chapter_4/numbers-units-008.htm


Same reasoning as for numbers-units-014. If there is no specified,
normative scaling factor for x-large or larger (relative to the 'medium'
font size) or for adjacent indexes [1], then the used height of 1em of a
x-large font-size can not be predicted. Therefore this can not be
testcase-ed.

CSS1 was specifying this: "On a computer screen a scaling factor of 1.5
is suggested between adjacent indexes" [2]


Anyway.. the testcase compares a 1em wide by 1em tall box with a 1em
black "X" in ahem font: it's the exact same thing regardless of how
x-large is scaled, rendered in user agents. The testcase, as coded, can
not fail. If the scaling factor was specified by the spec and if it was
- say, for/from medium to x-large - 1.5 (150%), then the testcase would
still require adjustements.

Again, numbers-units-014 and numbers-units-008 are not testing what they
were originally trying to test. It is not possible to test larger and
x-large if the scaling factor is unknown and unspecified by CSS 2.1
spec.


[1]: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#font-size-props
[2]: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1/#font-size

regards, Gérard
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Received on Thursday, 4 November 2010 15:21:44 UTC