@@ -317,22 +317,21 @@ Containing Blocks of Positioned Boxes</h3>
317317 (for example, see [[CSS-GRID-1#abspos-items]] ).
318318
319319 <dt> If the ancestor is an [=inline box=] ,
320+ using the [=writing mode=] of that box,
320321 <dd>
321- the [=containing block=] is formed by
322- the [=block- start=] and [=inline-start=] [=content edges=] of the first [=box fragment=] of the ancestor,
323- and the [=block- end=] and [=inline-end=] [=content edges=] of the last [=box fragment=] of the ancestor.
322+ the [=containing block=] is formed by forming a rectangle from
323+ the [=start=] -most [=content edges=] (in both axes) of the first [=box fragment=] of the ancestor,
324+ and the [=end=] -most [=content edges=] of the [=end=] -most [=box fragment=] (s) of the ancestor in each axis .
324325 If there are multiple fragments on the same line
325326 (e.g. due to [[css-writing-modes-3#bidi-box-model|bidi reordering]] ),
326- take the [=start=] most/ [=end=] most fragment
327- as the first/last fragment.
327+ take the [=start=] - most fragment
328+ as the first fragment.
328329
329- However, since a [=containing block=] cannot have negative area:
330- if the [=block-end=] edge would be [=start=] wards of the [=block-start=] edge,
331- then the [=block-end=] edge of the [=containing block=]
332- instead uses the [=block-start=] edge;
333- and analogously for the [=inline axis=] .
334- (Thus the [=containing block=] will have zero height and/or width as a result.)
330+ ISSUE(8284): What is a useful containing block to form
331+ when the box is fragmented across multiple lines?
335332
333+ Note: The [=containing block=] formed by a fragmented [=inline box=]
334+ was undefined in [[CSS2]] .
336335 </dl>
337336
338337 If no ancestor establishes one,
@@ -1719,6 +1718,15 @@ Acknowledgments</h2>
17191718
17201719<h2 class="no-num" id="changes">Changes</h2>
17211720
1721+ The following significant changes were made since the
1722+ <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2023/WD-css-position-3-20230217/">17 February 2023 Working Draft</a> :
1723+ <ul>
1724+ <li> Updated the [[#def-cb|containing block formed by inline boxes fragmented across multiple lines]]
1725+ to use the endmost edge of all the fragments in each axis;
1726+ this proposed definition is still under discussion, however.
1727+ (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/8284">Issue 8284</a> )
1728+ </ul>
1729+
17221730 The following significant changes were made since the
17231731 <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2022/WD-css-position-3-20220901/">01 September 2022 Working Draft</a> :
17241732 <ul>
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