Re: [CSS21] Does 10.6.7 apply to the root element? from Ian Hickson on 2006-04-07 (www-style@w3.org from April 2006)

From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:36:15 +0000 (UTC)
To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
Cc: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0604072035181.21459@dhalsim.dreamhost.com>

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> 
> Reading 10.6.6 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/visudet.html#q22 and given 
> that 'overflow' 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/visufx.html#overflow acts 
> like 'auto' when applied to the root element does 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/visudet.html#root-height 
> apply to the root element?

No. The spec is non-ambiguous. The 'overflow' propagation does not affect 
the computed value.

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