- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:51:12 +0100
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
* Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >z-index only applies to positioned elements, however, its computed >value is "as specified". Since the computed value can be exposed to >script via getComputedStyle(), I suggest that it would be more useful >if the computed value is "as specified for positioned elements, >otherwise auto" so that scripts get the value actually used. Could you elaborate on your reasoning here? If the property does not apply, you do not use some specific value, you use no value at all. Further, we do not have such magical behavior for other properties, e.g. page-break-after applies only to block-level elements and the computed value is also "as specified", not "auto". It's also hard to see where you'd specifiy the property for an element it does not apply to, then query the computed value, and gain something from getting "auto" instead of what has been specified. I also note that this may change behavior for pages that use z-index:inherit, or that do whatever you have in mind and deal with getting something but "auto". -- Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Weinh. Str. 22 · Telefon: +49(0)621/4309674 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de 68309 Mannheim · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/
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