You're right, but it didn't occur to me at that time. Another thing to look at when we talk about this would be z-index. I assume this would play into the same corner.
Well, another thing to keep in mind while we make progress. I'll make a not on the Wiki. On 26.10.2005 20:26:40 Finn Bock wrote: > [Jeremias] > > > ... the > > transformation list is still necessary to recreate the same state after a > > "break > > out" as needed when painting fixed block-containers. I haven't found a > > better > > way to handle this case, yet. > > Is there a reason for keeping areas from absolute and fixed > block-containers in the flow of normal areas? > > IIUC absolute and fixed block-containers generates areas with an > area-class of xsl-fixed and it is hinted that such areas is taken out of > the flow and placed under the page-area: > > """ [7.5.1] > Absolutely positioned areas are taken out of the normal flow. > ... > The area generated is a descendant of the page-area > """ > > If I'm right about this, the break-out code can be avoided by placing > the absolute and fixed block-container differently in the area tree. > > regards, > finn Jeremias Maerki