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[css2] - Clarified top/bottom/left/right w.r.t relative positioning
 (defns said too strongly w.r.t. containing block and didn't take into account relative positioning in defn, only below). - Generalized conditions about a single split to several splits. --HG-- extra : convert_revision : svn%3A73dc7c4b-06e6-40f3-b4f7-9ed1dbc14bfc/trunk%401737
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<html lang="en">
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<!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 2.73 1998-06-08 14:39:39 ijacobs Exp $ -->
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<!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 2.74 1998-09-28 23:20:44 ijacobs Exp $ -->
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<HEAD>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<TITLE>Visual formatting model</TITLE>
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<!-- Changed by: Ian B. Jacobs, 28-Sep-1998 -->
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</HEAD>
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<BODY>
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<H1 align="center">Visual formatting model</H1>
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<!-- #include src=properties/top.srb -->
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<P>This property specifies how far a box's top content edge is offset below
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the top edge of the box's <a href="#containing-block">containing block</a>.
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<P>This property specifies how far an <a
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href="#absolutely-positioned">absolutely positioned</a> box's top
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margin edge is offset below the top edge of the box's <a
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href="#containing-block">containing block</a>. For relatively
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positioned boxes, the offset is with respect to the top edges of the
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box itself (i.e., the box is given a position in the normal flow, then
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offset from that position according to these properties).
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<!-- #include src=properties/right.srb -->
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<P>This property specifies how far a box's right content edge is offset
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to the left of the right edge of the box's <a
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href="#containing-block">containing block</a>.
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<P>Like 'top', but specifies how far a box's right margin edge is
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offset to the left of the right edge of the box's <a
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href="#containing-block">containing block</a>. For relatively
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positioned boxes, the offset is with respect to the right edge of the
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box itself.
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<!-- #include src=properties/bottom.srb -->
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<P>This property specifies how far a box's bottom content edge is offset
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above the bottom of the box's <a href="#containing-block">containing
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block</a>.
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<P>Like 'top', but specifies how far a box's bottom margin edge is
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offset above the bottom of the box's <a
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href="#containing-block">containing block</a>. For relatively
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positioned boxes, the offset is with respect to the bottom edge of the
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box itself.
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<!-- #include src=properties/left.srb -->
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<P>This property specifies how far a box's left content edge is offset
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to the right of the left edge of the box's <a
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href="#containing-block">containing block</a>.
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<P>Like 'top', but specifies how far a box's left margin edge is
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offset to the right of the left edge of the box's <a
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href="#containing-block">containing block</a>. For relatively
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positioned boxes, the offset is with respect to the left edge of the
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box itself.
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<P>The values for the four properties have the following meanings:</p>
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non-replaced elements for details.
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</dl>
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<P>For <a href="#absolutely-positioned">absolutely positioned</a>
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boxes, the offsets are with respect to the box's <a
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href="#containing-block">containing block</a>. For relatively
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positioned boxes, the offsets are with respect to the outer edges of
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the box itself (i.e., the box is given a position in the normal flow,
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then offset from that position according to these properties).
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<H2><a name="normal-flow">Normal flow</a></H2>
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<P>Boxes in the normal flow belong to a <span class="index-def"
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<P>Since an inline box may not exceed the width of a line box, long
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inline boxes are split into several boxes and these boxes distributed
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across several line boxes. When an inline box is split, margins,
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borders, and padding have no visual effect where the split occurs.
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Formatting of margins, borders, and padding may not be fully defined if
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the split occurs within a bidirectional embedding.
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borders, and padding have no visual effect where the split occurs (or
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at any split, when there are several). Formatting of margins,
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borders, and padding may not be fully defined if the split occurs
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within a bidirectional embedding.
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<P>Inline boxes may also be split into several boxes <em>within the
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same line box</em> due to <a href="#direction">bidirectional text

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