- From: Mjumbe Ukweli <mjumbewu@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 23:58:07 -0400
- To: dav4is@bigfoot.com, mjumbe@electricstoat.com
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
all, ...
<snip/>
<rod_dav4is>
>Would this proposal do it?
>
> A new optional modifier to Width (and Height) properties, "Outside".
>When
>used, it causes the UA to make the specified length or percentage apply to
>the
>*outside* of the box rather than to the content. It would do this by
>adjusting
>the content width to make the outside box dimension be as specified, taking
>into
>account whatever margins, borders and paddings are in effect.
<snip/>
not quite. (1) i think this proposal -- or even the proposed 'box-sizing'
[1] property -- will solve many problems, but (2) say i wanted to position a
box 50px below the vertical center of its containing box (top: 50% + 50px);
there is at the moment no way to do so. that's why there needs to be
considered some way to combine measurements [2] of two different units.
• mjumbe •
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-userint#box-sizing
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Jun/0089.html
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