- From: Pierre Saslawsky <pierre@netscape.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 20:49:01 -0700
- To: Joe Hewitt <joe@joehewitt.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Joe Hewitt wrote: > > Fixing this problem may be just as simple as specifying that the following > combination: "position: absolute; display: inline; width: auto; height: > auto", will result in a box which, though absolutely positioned, determines > it's size the same way that a static/relative inline box would. Currently, > the display: inline is ignored, and the box is treated as block-level. > Your point is perfectly valid and some voices told me that the combination you propose "width: auto; height: auto;" may soon be recognized to make an absolutely positioned object shrink to its content (unless it is overconstrained by top/bottom or left/right values). -- Pierre Saslawsky <pierre@netscape.com> French Style
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