Re: abspos-010 result unclear.

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:34:37 +0100, Robert Stam  
<robert@tallcomponents.com> wrote:

> In test abspos-010 [chapter 10] the text says
> 'There should be a green block and no red below.'
>
> I see that the some browsers like Opera and Chrome and are displaying it
> as a square (3*3), and some others as a rectangle 4*3 [h*w] like FireFox
> and Internet Explorer 8.

It seems Firefox and IE8 don't do margin collapsing when determining the  
static position of an abs. pos.

I haven't thought hard about what complications might be hidden there, but  
on the surface it seems like a bug to me. The spec basically allows all  
sorts of things though - "user agents are free to make a guess at its  
probable position" - so strictly speaking I guess the TC isn't even valid  
per spec.

> Does this mean that both a square and a rectangle are correct as output?
> Or how should we read 'block' as one of the two only?

In general, I believe "block" is supposed to mean rectangle (whether  
square or not).

-- 
Øyvind Stenhaug
Core Norway, Opera Software ASA