- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:29:17 -0500
- To: Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
On 11/24/12 12:42 AM, Rik Cabanier wrote: > getComputedStyle in WebKit and FF is returning '100px' which is not the > used value. (I assume by 'used value' you mean the value in the style sheet) Wrong assumption. The value in the stylesheet is the "specified value". The "used value" is what you have once you've actually gone and done layout and a few other things. See http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#value-stages > Indeed. The computed value is "auto" here. > > no, the '_resolved value'_ is auto according to the spec. The _computed_ value is "auto" according to http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#the-height-property The _resolved_ value is 100px because for this property it's the used value. The spec for determining the used value of height in this case is http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#root-height (because of the "overflow" styling). > The computed value is still what getComputedStyle() returns. No. It's just not. > It seems up to the UA if it wants to return 'auto' or the actual height. No, it's not. > Maybe I'm reading the spec wrong or it is worded incorrectly... You're just reading it totally wrong, and I'm not quite sure how you're managing it. Apart from the incorrect assumption about "used value", of course. > I don't disagree but there has to be some sort of simple rule. Well, one simple rule is "no transitions to/from auto for height"... -Boris
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