Re: [css3-page] In the normal flow of the root element?

On 06/11/2012 12:35 PM, Simon Sapin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Section 9.1 says:
>
> # User Agents must apply these properties to block-level boxes and
> # to table rows, table row groups, and — in the case of
> # ‘page-break-inside’ — table cells of block-level tables in the
> # normal flow of the root element.
>
> What does "in the normal flow of the root element" mean? Floats, abspos
> and fixed pos boxes are not in normal flow. Can a box in normal flow,
> but not of the root element?

Yes, the non-positioned child of an abspos element is the normal flow of
that abspos element. It is itself not out-of-flow.

~fantasai

Received on Monday, 11 June 2012 22:14:49 UTC