- From: fantasai <fantasai@escape.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 12:10:42 -0500
- To: www-style@w3.org
fantasai wrote:
>
> Defining "background-attachment: scroll"
> ----------------------------------------
> This part taken mostly from
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Mar/0005.html
>
> From http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-CSS21-20030915/colors.html :
> | If a background image is specified, this property specifies
> | whether it is fixed with regard to the viewport ('fixed')
> | or scrolls along with the containing block ('scroll').
> |
> | Note that there is only one viewport per view. If an element
> | has a scrolling mechanism (see 'overflow'), a 'fixed'
> | background doesn't move with the element, and a 'scroll'
> | background doesn't move with the scrolling mechanism.
>
> I think the behavior specified here for 'scroll' is counter-
> intuitive. As an author, I would expect the background to scroll
> with the element's content just like it does for the <body>.
Another note:
As I understand it, this enforcement of "fixed"-type scrolling
behavior will also affect CSS fixed-positioned boxes, such as
layout simulating HTML frames. Meaning, you won't be able to
simulate frames with a non-fixed background.
~fantasai
Received on Saturday, 27 December 2003 12:11:21 UTC