Re: [css21] What's the used value of left/right when overconstrained in relpos?

On 4/29/13 4:46 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
>> On 4/29/13 4:22 PM, Sylvain Galineau wrote:
>>>
>>> returning the computed value is the interop behavior in this case.
>>
>> Except it's not in general: ff the specified value is "auto", browsers don't
>> return "auto"...
>
> Note that "auto" is resolvable at computed-value time (unless the
> other side is a percentage).

While true, that's not how those computed values are currently defined. 
  Whether they should be is a separate question, that affects not just 
getComputedStyle but also inheritance.... (Not that I expect it's common 
to do "left: inherit" outside conformance tests!)

-Boris

Received on Monday, 29 April 2013 20:48:47 UTC