Hi,
I'm wondering if someone could point out where in the spec the following
behaviour is defined. If I use absolute positioning to position an
element off the left-hand side of the screen, I don't get any scroll bars:
<body>
<div style="position:absolute;left:-100em;border:1px solid
orange;width:100px;">
No scrollbars to see here! Carry on!
</div>
</body>
However, if I try to position the element off the right-hand side of the
screen, I get a horizontal scroll bar that allows me to scroll over to
see the absolutely positioned element:
<body>
<div style="position:absolute;left:100em;border:1px solid
orange;width:100px;">
Scrollbar alert! Scrollbar alert!
</div>
</body>
I had presumed that since the element was taken out of document flow,
the viewport wouldn't be impacted by its placement, but obviously I'm
missing something
C.
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