- From: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:29:31 -0500
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
- Cc: Øyvind Stenhaug <oyvinds@opera.com>, www-style@w3.org
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote: > Because the mental model at least some people seem to have of relative > positioning is that it's a purely graphical effect: you paint the thing into > its own surface, and then composite the surface with an offset. In that case, why doesn't the parent's background get copied too? > Note that neither Webkit nor Gecko actually implement this behavior at this > time; Opera does; I don't have IE8 on hand right this second to check. I > can guarantee that for Gecko in standards mode the parent (the one the > text-decoration is specified on) in fact paints the text decorations, > period. Test case: data:text/html,<!doctype html><u>Foo <span style=position:relative;bottom:-1em>bar</span> baz It makes more sense to me not to move the underline. "It works like backgrounds" would be a great mental model if it were really true, unless there's a real use-case for underline behaving differently with relative positioning.
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