> > Section 9.4.1 [1] does not say that fixed positioned elements > establish a > > new block formatting context. > > > > Is that a miss? > > Is it another case of "fieldset"? (not in the spec as a "nbfc" > trigger but > > always implemented that way). > > Or is there another reason I'm missing? > > > > I know that CSS3 spec [2] includes it as a flow root "trigger". > > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#block-formatting > > [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-box/#block-level0 > > > It could be that 'fixed' positioning is considered as included in > 'absolute' positioning. > 9.6.1 states: > "Fixed positioning is a subcategory of absolute positioning" > > Also in chapter 10 there are cases where position 'fixed' is not > mentioned explicitly, at least in the sections titles, but included in > 'absolute'.
Thanks a lot Bruno for the pointer. I think the answer is in this paragraph (9.6): "References in this specification to an absolutely positioned element (or its box) imply that the element's 'position' property has the value 'absolute' or 'fixed'." -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | @thierrykoblentz ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
