Re: position: pointer

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:55 PM, François REMY <fremycompany_pub@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> |  I don't understand the point of your questions.  Both are extremely
> |  simple.  It's identical to setting "position:absolute" and setting
> |  top/left to the position of the pointer, assuming that their
> |  positioning roots are the ICB.
>
> Well, if it's like "position: absolute" then we have a problem because the
> browser must recompute the layout everytime the mouse is moving. I would
> focus on a model like "position: fixed" to make sure the "pointer elements"
> don't affect any layout except themselves.

Huh?  Abspos and fixpos are identical in their layout effects.  Fixpos
just uses the window as its position reference, rather than an
element.

~TJ