On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't quite understand why we need frames here now that painting is done > via display lists. Could we move replication of fixed-pos content across > pages into display list construction? Each page would just create items on > that page for the fixed-pos kids of the first page... This seems like it > should be much more robust than what we do now. > > The only question is how this should work with, say, variable page > dimensions and percentage sizes on the fixed-pos elements. Is that > something we plan to or need to support? > I think it will be desirable to support that. For example, if we support variable-sized pages (or more likely, variable orientations), it makes sense that width:100% fixed-pos headers and footers should match the width of the page. Rob -- "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us." [1 John 1:8-10] _______________________________________________ dev-tech-layout mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-layout
