- From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:48:03 -0700
- To: "Sylvain Galineau" <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com> wrote: > > The current spec and user agents I have tested - IE7, FF3b5, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.5b1 - set body's offsetParent property to null even though a) body has offset properties for which b) there is a reference element - html - with box properties of its own. > Excellent point, Sylvain. I noticed that, too. > My question is : what are the reasons for this beyond compatibility with IE legacy ? > I take it you haven't been following the list. > Notes: > - In standards mode, IE8 Beta 1 currently sets body's offsetParent to html; html's offsetParent is null. > - IE quirks mode may return html as the offsetParent of a child element of body. > Maybe there should be a compatibility note in the spec. Best Regards, Garrett > Thanks, > Sylvain > > >
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