- From: Ian Hickson <py8ieh@bath.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 20:29:08 +0100 (BST)
- To: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@fas.harvard.edu>
- cc: www-style@w3.org
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, L. David Baron wrote: > I think, BTW, that a further addition to the errata for > background-position is needed so that it behaves correctly. > Percentages for 'background-position' on the root element should be > relative to the canvas, not the element's box, since the background > covers the entire canvas [2]. (I assume that the canvas is scrolled > in a typical browser, rather than containing scrollbars.) If you did that, though, it would cause problems with the HTML element's borders. For example: HTML { margin: 50px; padding: 50px; border: 20px solid lime; background: green url(nice-header.png) top center no-repeat; color: yellow; } ...where nice-header.png is 100px tall. [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/colors.html#q2 -- Ian Hickson : Is your JavaScript ready for Nav5 and IE5? : Get the latest JavaScript client sniffer at : http://developer.netscape.com/docs/examples/javascript/browser_type.html
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