- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:33:28 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Brad Fults wrote: > > There are a couple of problems I have found in this section. > > "If it isn't possible to show the entire element in that way, or if the > argument is omitted or is true, then the user agent must instead simply > align the top of the element with the top of the viewport." [1] > > I have two issues with this text: > > 1. The word "simply" is rhetoric and doesn't seem reasonable or > useful in the context of this part of the specification. Removed. > 2. It may not be possible to align the top of the element with the top > of the viewport without scrolling past the bottom of the document, so > the "must" is unreasonable. This contingency should be mentioned > (scrolling past the bottom of the document is not, as far as I know, > desired). I don't understand what you mean. How can something in the document be further down than the bottom of the document? > Secondly, with respect to this section as a whole, I see no description > of necessary behavior for horizontal scrolling. Surely this is an issue > that must be addressed, as it would be decidedly deficient if > scrollIntoView() only took vertical scrolling into account, leaving > horizontally overflown content still outside of the viewport after the > method's invocation. Do UAs do any horizontal scrolling today? I've mentioned it, but I'm not sure what to say really. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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