z-index-abspos-009 invalid

I believe these tests:
http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20101001/html4/z-index-abspos-009.htm
http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20101001/xhtml1/z-index-abspos-009.xht
are invalid because the root element establishes a stacking context.
This is stated explicitly in 9.9.1 ("The root element forms the root
stacking context.").  It also seems clear from appendix E (although
I'm not sure why items (1) and (2) in the top level list are
separate.

Since the root element establishes a stacking context, none of its
descendants can paint underneath its border or background.  This
test asserts that the div with z-index: -1 (red border) paints
underneath the root element's border (green).  However, nothing can
paint underneath the root element's border except for the root
element's background.

-David

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Received on Sunday, 17 October 2010 23:34:09 UTC