- From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:36:33 -0700
- To: "DOM mailing list" <www-dom@w3.org>
Hey David, If overflow on root applies to viewport, then how can an author change the overflow on root? Garrett On 4/10/06, Mikko Rantalainen <mikko.rantalainen@peda.net> wrote: > > Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > > On Saturday 08 April 2006 02:40, Garrett Smith wrote: > >> Is the goal of the CSS WG to copy IE's buggy behavior? > >> > > If the root is not the ICB, the ICB is not selectable by CSS, and thus > > overflow for instance cannot be styled. > > So the problem is that there isn't a CSS selector to select ICB? Why > not fix this issue instead of trying to magically set properties of > ICB through the root element? > > > I think treating the root as ICB is the most sane behavior. > > If one expects CSS 'border' property to modify the window borders of > UA window (when run in GUI environment and UA allows it), setting > border property of ICB separate from root element is a desirable goal. > > > Ofcourse it is already inconsistent since in paged mode, you select the ICB > > using the "@page" context/selector. > > > > If we insist on copying Mozillas accidental behavior, we need another way to > > style the viewport consistently like with a "@viewport" context. > > I'd have suggested :viewport selector instead but I'd be happy with > @viewport, too. > > -- > Mikko > > -- http://dhtmlkitchen.com/
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