Re: [CSSWG] Minutes and Resolutions 2010-04-21

On 5/21/10 4:48 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> It means exactly what it sounds like, at least in my mental model of
> how things work.  A box doesn't lose its box-tree siblings just
> because it's positioned.  It doesn't participate in their flow, but it
> still has a familial relationship with them.

Really?

In that case, what's your mental model of the box tree in this case:

   <div style="display: table">
     <div style="display: table-cell"/>
     <div style="position: absolute"/>
     <div style="display: table-row"/>
   </div>

What are the siblings of the absolutely positioned box?  What is its 
parent?  What are the siblings' parents?  Why does any of that make any 
sense?

-Boris