Re: Used Style Computation (and Viewport/Canvas Layout)

On 9/24/12 3:04 PM, François REMY wrote:
> |  OK.  It would need to not allow visible overflow, and make certain
> |  guarantees about its behavior, but it could be done in general.
>
> Why would 'overflow: visible' be a problem exactly? Is that really a layout
> issue, or a drawing issue?

Layout issue.  If X has overflow:visible then the kids of X can affect 
the sizing of X in slightly .  See attached testcase.

<iframe> does not have that problem, of course.

-Boris