Effect of 'position:relative' on 'table-*' display values

The current spec states that:-

"The effect of 'position:relative' on table-row-group, table-header- 
group, table-footer-group, table-row, table-column-group, table- 
column, table-cell, and table-caption elements is undefined." - http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#positioning-scheme

Has there been talk of a resolution for this issue? What with the  
arrival of IE8 (which supports all these values), there's currently a  
lot of talk around about authors realistically being able to use these  
values for their layouts. However, I do believe without clarification  
this issue is going to limit the use of the 'table-*' values somewhat.  
FYI, FF3, Opera and Safari all ignore 'position:relative' in the  
aforementioned context.

I may have missed the relevant thread (I did carry out a search prior  
to this) which discussed this issue, in which case I apologize for  
bringing this subject up again.

James

Received on Thursday, 27 November 2008 16:37:32 UTC