> > *** Your proposal regarding auto and '0' is not included here. I found it >> confusing as it could be read as conflicting with the description of layer 8 >> in Appendix E which does make a difference between auto/0 positioned >> descendants. >> > > Indeed, there /is/ a difference. But that difference is not related to > stack levels and painting layers, and hence there is no conflict. (All > such elements all lie on the same painting layer [#6 in the list] of > whatever transpires to be their closest ancestor stacking context.) The > difference is in how the closest ancestor stacking context is determined. > Sylvain, to complement what Anton is saying by rephrasing it: the difference between auto and 0 descendants that you note in layer 8 of E regards how they paint (or don't paint) THEIR descendants, and not which comes first between the two in the current stacking context (ie. stack level). Justin Poirier Classroom306.com
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