- From: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:26:58 +0100
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- CC: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
Le 23/03/2013 22:30, Tab Atkins Jr. a écrit : > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org> wrote: >> The spec for the 'transform' property says: >> >>> Any value other than ‘none’ for the transform results in the creation >>> of both a stacking context and a containing block. The object acts as >>> a containing block for fixed positioned descendants. >> >> What about absolutely positioned descendants? Are their containing block >> still the nearest positioned ancestor, or is it the nearest ancestor that is >> either positioned or transformed? > > It's a containing block, so yes. So far I haven’t seen anywhere else in specs "creating a containing block" by itself as a concept. Always "Rectangle X is the containing block of box Y." Unless there is an established meaning that I’m not aware of, I think that "creating a containing block" is ambiguous if you don’t say containing block of what. > That last line is specifying > something additional, not limiting the previous clause. -- Simon Sapin
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