Re: [css3-2d-transforms][css3-images] <position> grammar is duplicated or points to the wrong spec from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2012-01-24 (www-style@w3.org from January 2012)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:28:46 -0800
To: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
Cc: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>, "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, fantasai <fantasai@inkedblade.net>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDC4nEUXJVzaneBe6rk-h8DqGa5sEZy+osWJUBQjbKM5ow@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Sylvain Galineau
<sylvaing@microsoft.com> wrote:
> I am referring to the pattern in Brian’s email. I think many folks will expect an expression like calc(100% -5px) to resolve at compute time in background-position, just like it would when in width.

Did you mean something else?  Percentages do *not* resolve at
compute-time in either background-position or width.  They can't -
they rely on layout info.

~TJ

Received on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 06:29:34 UTC