[RC6] overflow-ancestors-001 meta assert is wrong

Arron,

http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20110323/html4/overflow-ancestors-001.htm

http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/nightly-unstable/html4/overflow-ancestors-001.htm


The meta assert says:

<meta name="assert" content="Overflow clipping does not affect elements
which are ancestors to the element being clipped.">

but, even though this may be correct, this is not what the testcase is
about.

An ancestor that has overflow: scroll and a defined/set width will be
clipped while its descendant(s) will not be clipped.



Actual code
-----------

        <meta name="assert" content="Overflow clipping does not affect
elements which are ancestors to the element being clipped.">
        <style type="text/css">
            #div1
            {
                border: solid;
                height: 50px;
                overflow: scroll;
                width: 100px;
            }
            div div
            {
                width: 200px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Test passes if there is an active scrolling mechanism in the
box below that can horizontally scroll the "Filler Text".</p>
        <div id="div1">
            <div>Filler Text</div>
        </div>


Proposed correction
-------------------
        <meta name="assert" content="Overflow clipping which can apply
on an ancestor will not apply to its descendants (child,
grand-child, children, grand-children, etc).">
        <style type="text/css">
            div#ancestor
            {
                border: solid;
                height: 50px;
                overflow: scroll;
                width: 100px;
            }
            div#descendant
            {
                width: 200px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Test passes if there is an active scrolling mechanism in the
box below that can horizontally scroll the "Filler Text".</p>
        <div id="ancestor">
            <div id="descendant">Filler Text</div>
        </div>


regards, Gérard
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Received on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:14:00 UTC