[css2] Added definition of initial CB and made that initial CB the CB for

bert-github · bert-github · commit 8bbd80daac8c · 2003-01-10T21:30:21.000Z
abs. positioned elements. Changed example accordingly.

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diff --git a/css2/visudet.src b/css2/visudet.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: visudet.src,v 2.60 2002-12-17 20:00:07 bbos Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: visudet.src,v 2.61 2003-01-10 21:30:21 bbos Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Visual formatting model details</TITLE>
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ is defined as follows:</p>
 <ol>
 <li>The containing block in which the <a href="conform.html#root">root
 element</a> lives is chosen by the user agent. (It could be related to
-the <a href="visuren.html#viewport">viewport</a>.)
+the <a href="visuren.html#viewport">viewport</a>.) This containing
+block is called the <dfn><span
+class="index-def"
+title="initial containing block|containing block::initial">initial
+containing block</span></dfn>.
 
 <li>For other elements, if the element's position is 'relative' or 'static',
 the containing block is formed by the content edge of the nearest
@@ -64,8 +68,8 @@ are the bottom and left content edges of the last box of the ancestor.
 </ol>
 </ol>
 
-<p>If there is no such ancestor, the content edge of the root element's
-box establishes the containing block.
+<p>If there is no such ancestor, the containing block is the initial
+containing block.
 </ol>
 
 <div class="example">
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ following document:</p>
 <table border>
 <tr><th>For box generated by 
 <td><strong>C.B. is established by</strong></tr>
-<tr><td>html<td>(UA-dependent)</tr>
+<tr><td>html<td>initial C.B. (UA-dependent)</tr>
 <tr><td>body<td>html</tr>
 <tr><td>div1<td>body</tr>
 <tr><td>p1<td>div1</tr>
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ following document:</p>
 </PRE>
 
 <P>its containing block is no longer "body"; it becomes
-html (since there are no
+the initial containing block (since there are no
 other positioned ancestor boxes).
 
 <P>If we position "em1" as well:</p>
@@ -124,9 +128,9 @@ other positioned ancestor boxes).
 <table border>
 <tr><th>For box generated by
 <td><strong>C.B. is established by</strong></tr>
-<tr><td>html<td>(UA-dependent)</tr>
+<tr><td>html<td>initial C.B. (UA-dependent)</tr>
 <tr><td>body<td>html</tr>
-<tr><td>div1<td>html</tr>
+<tr><td>div1<td>initial C.B.</tr>
 <tr><td>p1<td>div1</tr>
 <tr><td>p2<td>div1</tr>
 <tr><td>em1<td>div1</tr>
