- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:20 -0500
- To: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- CC: Øyvind Stenhaug <oyvinds@opera.com>, www-style@w3.org
On 11/13/09 2:29 PM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: > 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? I think you're asking the wrong person... My basic take is that the spec's philosophy on position:relative is extremely schizophrenic. Almost like it was co-written by multiple people who didn't quite agree on how it should work. ; -Boris
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