Re: [CSS3 Values] "rem" unit underdefined when there is no root element from Boris Zbarsky on 2010-07-22 (www-style@w3.org from July 2010)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:54:25 -0400
To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
CC: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4C47B2E1.5040302@mit.edu>

On 7/21/10 10:49 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> I suppose, then, we just need to find a way to "re-root" a tree?  Just
> seek up the element-tree until you find a parentless element?

That doesn't handle the matchMedia() thing dbaron mentioned and would be 
weird in a cross-document computed style get (since suddenly style 
information from the "wrong" document would start mattering).

Can we just define that the font to use is "medium" in this situation or 
something?

-Boris

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