Chetan, Philippe: http://barneycarroll.com/floatAndPos.html
Assigned float properties are computed, they just don't take effect. Regards, Barney Carroll barney.carr...@gmail.com 07594 506 381 On 16 December 2010 10:12, Alan Gresley <a...@css-class.com> wrote: > On 16/12/2010 6:28 PM, Chetan Crasta wrote: > >> @Thierry: Happy to help. >> >> the element is taken out of flow, thus float is rendered impotent >>> >> >> @Barney: It doesn't necessarily follow that because the element is out >> of the flow, float cannot work. If the spec hadn't disallowed it, it >> would be conceivable for position:absolute and float to be used >> together to get the combined effect of 5) and 6), that is: a >> stretched, right or left aligned element, with text or inline elements >> flowing around it. >> http://roughtech.com/t/posit.html (corrected) >> >> ~Chetan >> > > Hello Chetan, > > It not that the spec disallowed it, but rather float is one of the three > positioning schemes [1]. They being: > > 1. Normal flow. > 2. Floats - laid out according to the normal flow, then taken out of the > flow. > 3. AP. - removed from the normal flow entirely (it has no impact on later > siblings). > > In 9.3.1 Choosing a positioning scheme: 'position' property [2] we see this > for position absolute: > > # Absolutely positioned boxes are taken out of the normal flow. This means > # they have no impact on the layout of later siblings. Also, though > absolutely > # positioned boxes have margins, they do not collapse with any other > margins. > > > 1. <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#positioning-scheme> > 2. <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#choose-position> > > > -- > Alan http://css-class.com/ > > Armies Cannot Stop An Idea Whose Time Has Come. - Victor Hugo > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
