Philippe Wittenbergh wrote:
> But the elements that are positioned relative and moved upwards on
> that page are not contained within blocks with overflow:hidden....
Guess I didn't read well enough through that stylesheet. Now I have
mixed styles and created confusion - again :-)
> Those elements trigger a scrollbar on <body> in Safari, iCab, Opera,
> but not in Gecko
> Especially the div #entry, which is pulled upwards 365 px and has a
> height specified. Doesn't sound correct.
Other (following) elements (should) adjust to that element's original
space - not the offset one, so Gecko should not act as if #entry's
original space isn't down there anymore.
> ---
> Anyway, on overflow:hidden:
> From CSS 2.1, 11.1.1 [1]
> 'This property specifies whether content of a block-level element is
> clipped when it overflows the element's box.'
>
> 'clipped' is the keyword. The part of the box that is hidden
> shouldn't take up any space anymore.
Ok, so 'hidden' means 'clipped' in this context. I've probably seen too
many non-compliant browser-version on this point through the years, and
should read a bit more specs.
Georg
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