- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:00:19 +0200
- To: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
Boris Zbarsky wrote: > On 8/9/10 8:48 AM, Anton Prowse wrote: >>>> As for use cases, I guess if someone's gone to the trouble of trying >>>> to get the second span >>>> to completely overlap the first, it's because that overlap is important >>>> to them, and should be preserved even when the first span overflows its >>>> containing block. >>> >>> I can't tell whether your indexing is off here, or your numbers, but >>> as stated the sentence above makes no sense. >> >> I don't /think/ so, but perhaps I'm overlooking something or I'm >> misunderstanding you. If all three inline-level boxes were to be placed >> on the same line, the right margin edge of the inline box would be flush >> with the right margin edge of the first span (and flush with the right >> edge of the line box), right? > > Yes... > >> So the inline block completely overlaps the first span. > > Yes, so the _third_ span overlaps the first? In other words, your > indexing was off. OK. *Ahh*, yes, thanks. I think I'd already wondered off into putting negative left margin on the inline block (which seems to be the more representative use case). Sorry for the confusion. Anton
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