Re: canvas <html> <body>

ewexler@stickdog.com wrote:
> 
> If the root element must establish the initial containing
 > block, 'inline' is an unacceptable value for its 'display'.

Why can an inline element not be a containing block?

That happens all the time, e.g. every inline element that has 
'position:relative' becomes a containing block for absolutely positioned 
descendants.

-- 
Ian Hickson
``The inability of a user agent to implement part of this specification due to
the limitations of a particular device (e.g., non interactive user agents will
probably not implement dynamic pseudo-classes because they make no sense
without interactivity) does not imply non-conformance.'' -- Selectors, Sec13

Received on Wednesday, 8 May 2002 06:12:58 UTC