Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

On Dec 16, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Chetan Crasta wrote: >> It not that the spec disallowed it > > The spec did explicitly disallow it, see point number 2: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-CSS2-20090423/visuren.html#dis-pos-flo Better to quote the latest text: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#dis

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

On 16/12/2010 9:39 PM, Chetan Crasta wrote: It not that the spec disallowed it The spec did explicitly disallow it, see point number 2: http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-CSS2-20090423/visuren.html#dis-pos-flo Thank you, I was looking for that. Absolutely positioned boxes are taken out of the nor

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

> http://barneycarroll.com/floatAndPos.html > Assigned float properties are computed, they just don't take effect. Firebug shows computed value of float as none on an element with position:absolute and float:left or float:right ~Chetan _

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

> It not that the spec disallowed it The spec did explicitly disallow it, see point number 2: http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-CSS2-20090423/visuren.html#dis-pos-flo > Absolutely positioned boxes are taken out of the normal flow The phrase "taken out of the flow" is used a bit loosely in the spec. B

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

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 wrote: > On 16/12/2010 6:28 PM, Chetan Crasta wrote: > >> @

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

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 conceivab

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

Sorry, here's the link: http://roughtech.com/t/posit.html ~C On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:58 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 th

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

@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

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

> >> > I thought this article could be of interest to this list: > >> > property/> > > > I believe the article says that already. > > Check the first bullet point in the "Things to remember" about > > position:absolute. It says: > > > > F

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

Chetan, it's more of a case — as the article clearly explains — that the element is taken out of flow, thus float is rendered impotent. Sent from my iPod On 15 Dec 2010, at 18:09, Chetan Crasta wrote: I thought this article could be of interest to this list:

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

>> > I thought this article could be of interest to this list: >> > > I believe the article says that already. > Check the first bullet point in the "Things to remember" about > position:absolute. It says: > > For *any* 'absolute'

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

Hi Chetan, > > I thought this article could be of interest to this list: > > > > That's a nice informative summary of positioning. It would also be > worthwhile mentioning that absolutely and fixed positioned inline > elements ca

Re: [css-d] The CSS Position Property

> I thought this article could be of interest to this list: > That's a nice informative summary of positioning. It would also be worthwhile mentioning that absolutely and fixed positioned inline elements can be sized with width an

[css-d] The CSS Position Property

I thought this article could be of interest to this list: -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | @thierrykoblentz __ css-discuss [cs...@list