Re: [css3-2d-transforms] Should a transformed element reflow its content ?

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>wrote:

> But why would it be any different with overflow:auto ? To oversimplify,
> my expectation is that transforms are applied to the laid-out element
> before it's painted. So if the element does not cause overflow before
> transform, I expect it to look the same after transform whether or not
> the transform is causing the parent to overflow.
>

In Firefox, the post-transform area of an element contributes to the
"scrollable overflow area" of its parent. This allows the user to scroll
transformed objects into view. This seems desirable to me.

Rob
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