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[css-display-3] Clarify that ICB is small viewport size. w3c#6453
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<dt><dfn>initial containing block</dfn>
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The <a>containing block</a> of the [=root element=].
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The [=initial containing block=] establishes a [=block formatting context=].
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See <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#containing-block-details">CSS2.1&sect;10.1</a> for [=continuous media=];
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and [[!CSS-PAGE-3]] for [=paged media=]
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The [=initial containing block=] establishes a [=block formatting context=],
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and takes the [=principal writing mode=] of the document
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(see [[css-writing-modes-4#icb]]).
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In [=continuous media=],
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it has the dimensions of the [=small viewport size=]
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and is anchored at the canvas origin.
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In [=paged media=], see [[!CSS-PAGE-3]]
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for its position and dimensions.
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<dt><dfn>formatting context</dfn>
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<h2 class=no-num id="changes">
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Changes</h2>
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<h3 id="changes-2020">
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Changes Since 2023 Candidate Recommendation Snapshot</h3>
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<!-- A <a href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-display-3/issues-cr-2023">Disposition of Comments</a>
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since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2023/CR-css-display-3-20230330/">30 March 2023 Candidate Recommendation</a> is available. -->
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Changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2023/CR-css-display-3-20230330/">30 March 2023 Candidate Recommendation Snapshot</a>
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include:
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<ul>
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<li id="change-icb-definition">
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Inlined the CSS2.1 definition of the [=initial containing block=] for [=continuous media=],
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cross-referenced its [=writing mode=] propagation as defined in [[CSS-WRITING-MODES-4]],
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and clarified that it refers to the [=small viewport size=].
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(<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/6453">Issue 6453</a>)
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</ul>
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<h3 id="changes-2020">
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Changes Since 2020 Candidate Recommendation</h3>
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