On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:01 AM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>wrote:
> Robert O'Callahan wrote:
>
>> Just add a sentence to section 5:
>> "If a column rule is wider than its gap, the column rule will overlap
>> adjacent column boxes. **Column rules are painted above the multi-column
>> element's background and border (if any) and below any descendants of the
>> element.**"
>>
>
> I'd make that "immediately above".
I don't put it past the CSS WG to add a feature which displays above the
border but below column-rules :-).
Are there any cases where descendants of an element can be painted below
> it?
>
Yeah actually there are, when the element is not a stacking context :-(.
Hakon's text is OK.
Rob
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