Re: Proposal for overflow painting order

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM, David Hyatt <hyatt@apple.com> wrote:

> Sure, but in an accelerated compositing world, you can imagine the overflow
> object having an offscreen buffer associated with it.  In the example you
> just cited, blitting would still be possible, since you would be able to
> blit in the buffer itself when scrolling happens.  It wouldn't matter that
> the scrollable element was transparent or that the content behind is not a
> single solid color.
>

OK, thanks for explaining that.

I also think authors using negative margins could cause unintentional
> overlap that could negatively impact performance of these overflow sections.
>

That sounds rare, assuming your hypothetical "is it OK to blit?" code
ignores transparent backgrounds. If it wasn't rare, that would be a backward
compatibility argument for not changing the spec :-).

Rob
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