- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:47:13 +0200
- To: jsiburt@mac.com
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Also sprach jsiburt@mac.com:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-positioning-970131
>
> Is "fixed" then no longer an accepted option for positioning? I have
> simulated a "framed" layout by positioning the side navigation bar and a
> top header using fixed positioning and a higher value for z-index. This
> allowed the rest of the document to scroll under these elements. The
> problem is that with these elements fixed the :hover, title, and mouse
> pointers no longer work for the any links in the fixed elements in IE.
"Fixed" was added to positioning to rescue parts of the WD-layout
mindset. It is a proper part of CSS2 and I believe Mozilla, Opera,
and IE for Mac support it.
The URL above points to an old working draft and should only be
consulted by historians. CSS positioning is defined by:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#positioning-scheme
Cheers,
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie cto °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome
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