- From: François REMY <fremycompany_pub@yahoo.fr>
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:15:54 +0200
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: "CSS WG" <www-style@w3.org>
> > Its used style doesn’t depend on the used style of its children (nor > > should it even depend on their existence), right? > > *Almost*. I think the abspos children might generate scrollbars on the > parent, which can affect its layout. Indeed, in the case of 'overflow: not(visible)'. However, this affects the layout of the content box (children), not its own layout, right? > I'm working on a proposal that I'll bring to the list soon about this > exact problem, actually. It's part of a solution to the problem of > very long lists in the DOM, and getting them to react and scroll > performantly. This is interesting. I'm not sure we've the same goals here, but I think our solutions should come pretty close. I'll let you make the first move, and see if I have things in my mind I can't achieve with your proposal. This can wait as I'm still trying to find out what I have in my mind exactly :-)
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