- From: Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:53:48 -0700
- To: Kang-Hao Lu <kennyluck@csail.mit.edu> (Kenny)
- Cc: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, WWW Style <www-style@w3.org>
On Jul 9, 2012, at 7:54 AM, Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu <kennyluck@csail.mit.edu> wrote: > (12/07/09 15:24), fantasai wrote: >> The question I have is, going forward, do we want new CSS layout modes >> to let z-index do its job whenever it's non-'auto', without requiring >> 'position: relative'? > > While I think this is a good thing to do, I wonder if we can be more > aggressive in this direction. That is, do this for: > > 1. A multicol element > 2. A transformed element (does this already happen?) No. > 3. An element with 'inline-block' > > and probably more. Apparently, this needs compatibility research... > > Or is there a good reason why we should start with flex items? I've seen plenty of content with z-index on things that are not positioned, so making changes like this will likely break content. Simon
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