Oops, I mean LGTM2.

On Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 10:26:00 AM UTC-7 Dan Clark wrote:

> Thanks Mason! LGTM1 pending those tests.
>
> On Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 7:47:40 AM UTC-7 Mason Freed wrote:
>
>> On Monday, September 28, 2026 at 11:32:35 AM UTC-7 Dan Clark wrote:
>>
>> *> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests 
>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?*
>>
>> *> 
>> Yes> 
>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-anchor-position?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&q=position-visibility
>>  
>> <https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-anchor-position?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&q=position-visibility>*
>>
>> The only of these tests I saw covering anchor-valid is this one: 
>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-anchor-position/position-visibility-anchor-valid.tentative.html
>>  
>> <http://Is%20this%20feature%20fully%20tested%20by%20web-platform-tests?%20Yes%20https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-anchor-position?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&q=position-visibility>
>> .
>>
>> Maybe not too many tests are needed, but does this fully cover the 
>> behavior called out in the summary? "[The new version is] better defined 
>> to be clear that only the default anchor matters , resolving a lot of 
>> ambiguity"?
>>
>>
>> Sorry, I should have added to that response that my CL to implement the 
>> feature <https://crrev.com/c/8453827> adds more testing.
>>  
>>
>> E.g. the test shows that this is hidden:
>> <div id="target2" class="target" style="top: anchor(--does-not-exist 
>> bottom);">target2</div>
>>
>> But it'd be nice to include a case where position-anchor is unset but 
>> anchor() refers to an anchor name that actually does exist:
>> <div id="target3" class="target" style="top: anchor(--a1 
>> bottom);">target2</div>
>>
>>
>> I believe this is "Case 7" from the 
>> new position-visibility-anchor-valid-001.html test.
>>  
>>
>> And maybe a similar set of checks with anchor-size().
>>
>>
>> This is indeed missing. I'll land another CL to add test cases for 
>> anchor-size like this - thanks for the suggestion.
>>  
>>
>> Another case that seems important to have is an element that has a valid 
>> default anchor, but another anchor it depends on doesn't resolve. If I'm 
>> understanding correctly that would have resulted in the element being 
>> hidden in the original proposal 
>> <https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/7758#issuecomment-1965540529>, 
>> but in the current proposal the element would be shown, since only the 
>> default anchor matters.
>>
>>  
>> Also a good (missing) suggestion. I'll add it!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mason
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
>>
>> On Friday, September 25, 2026 at 2:53:52 PM UTC-7 Chris Harrelson wrote:
>>
>> Thanks! LGTM1
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 1:24 PM Mason Freed <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 9:36 AM Chris Harrelson <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> My thought is that, because Firefox doesn't ship anchor-valid yet,  it 
>> seems helpful to just file the positions request to encourage interop on 
>> this subfeature. Especially since this feature came a bit later than the 
>> others due to additional spec discussion to align on its semantics, so 
>> perhaps it fell through the cracks a bit (like it did in Chromium until 
>> just now).
>>
>>
>> Fair point. Done: 
>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1457
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mason
>>
>>  
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM Mason Freed <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM Chris Harrelson <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Could you file a Mozilla standards request?
>>
>>
>> So there's already a (positive) standards position for anchor positioning 
>> as a whole: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/794. 
>> Do you think `anchor-valid` by itself deserves its own standards position? 
>> I think perhaps we should think about #794 as a position on the entire 
>> feature, including all sub-features. If you disagree, of course I'm happy 
>> to file a new one.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mason
>>
>>  
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM Mason Freed <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> *Contact emails*
>> [email protected]
>>
>> *Explainer*
>> *No information provided*
>>
>> *Specification*
>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-anchor-position-1/#position-visibility
>>
>> *Summary*
>> The `anchors-valid` value was implemented as part of 
>> https://crbug.com/329703412 but subsequently reverted, due to spec 
>> questions about the exact definition of the value. Since that time, the 
>> value has been renamed to `anchor-valid` (see 
>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5136123851571200) and also better 
>> defined to be clear that only the default anchor matters, resolving a lot 
>> of ambiguity, and making this value shippable.
>>
>> *Blink component*
>> Blink>CSS 
>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ECSS%22>
>>
>> *Web Feature ID*
>> anchor-positioning <https://webstatus.dev/features/anchor-positioning>
>>
>> *Motivation*
>> *No information provided*
>>
>> *Initial public proposal*
>> *No information provided*
>>
>> *Search tags*
>> position-visibility 
>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:position-visibility>, 
>> anchor-valid <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:anchor-valid>, 
>> anchors-valid <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:anchors-valid>
>>
>> *TAG review*
>> *No information provided*
>>
>> *TAG review status*
>> Not applicable
>>
>> *Goals for experimentation*
>> None
>>
>> *Risks*
>>
>>
>> *Interoperability and Compatibility*
>> This is new support for a value for `position-visibility` so it should 
>> not create compat risks. Shipping this value will improve interop - WebKit 
>> already ships it.
>>
>> *Gecko*: No signal
>>
>> *WebKit*: Shipped/Shipping
>>
>> *Web developers*: No signals
>>
>> *Other signals*:
>>
>> *WebView application risks*
>>
>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that 
>> it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
>> *No information provided*
>>
>>
>> *Debuggability*
>> *No information provided*
>>
>> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, 
>> Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?*
>> Yes
>>
>> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests 
>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?*
>> Yes
>>
>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-anchor-position?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&q=position-visibility
>>
>> *Flag name on about://flags*
>> *No information provided*
>>
>> *Finch feature name*
>> CSSPositionVisibilityAnchorValid
>>
>> *Rollout plan*
>> Will ship enabled for all users
>>
>> *Requires code in //chrome?*
>> False
>>
>> *Tracking bug*
>> https://crbug.com/333421963
>>
>> *Estimated milestones*
>> Shipping on desktop157DevTrial on desktop157Shipping on Android157DevTrial 
>> on Android157Shipping on WebView123
>>
>> *Anticipated spec changes*
>>
>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or 
>> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues 
>> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may 
>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of 
>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way).
>> *No information provided*
>>
>> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status*
>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5136856479039488?gate=5692419038380032
>>
>> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status 
>> <https://chromestatus.com/>.
>>
>> -- 
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
>> "blink-dev" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
>> email to [email protected].
>> To view this discussion visit 
>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDgQ_W7-2FxYgaXc4-r7-vuaq1rexfHn4w4YEEW-Cz0%2BSA%40mail.gmail.com
>>  
>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDgQ_W7-2FxYgaXc4-r7-vuaq1rexfHn4w4YEEW-Cz0%2BSA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>
>> .
>>
>> -- 
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
>> "blink-dev" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
>> email to [email protected].
>> To view this discussion visit 
>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDjXTYLG_kz2nEhK19VGFOvQQZcds38-6jzoDk7ZeNBUQg%40mail.gmail.com
>>  
>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDjXTYLG_kz2nEhK19VGFOvQQZcds38-6jzoDk7ZeNBUQg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>
>> .
>>
>> -- 
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
>> "blink-dev" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
>> email to [email protected].
>>
>> To view this discussion visit 
>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDgCzuuVhhsikDnHq_iZu2XkXuK1cJ6dT23134Qg4WKV0w%40mail.gmail.com
>>  
>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDgCzuuVhhsikDnHq_iZu2XkXuK1cJ6dT23134Qg4WKV0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>
>> .
>>
>>

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"blink-dev" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to [email protected].
To view this discussion visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/67af7460-37c4-4d4d-8d51-8ab9f3861e3dn%40chromium.org.

Reply via email to