Re: [CSS21] text-decoration/visibility

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

Received on Friday, 13 November 2009 19:34:26 UTC