[css2] Tentative new text for issue 215.

bert-github · bert-github · commit 980d30a1b612 · 2011-03-23T21:13:54.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/changes.src b/css2/changes.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: changes.src,v 2.147 2011-03-23 09:10:41 bbos Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: changes.src,v 2.148 2011-03-23 21:13:54 bbos Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <TITLE>Changes</TITLE>
 </HEAD>
@@ -6614,9 +6614,11 @@ is inline and split over multiple lines:
 
 <blockquote>
 <p>4. If the element has 'position: absolute', the containing block is
-<del>established by</del> <ins>the padding edge of</ins> the nearest
-ancestor with a 'position' of 'absolute', 'relative' or 'fixed'<del>,
-in the following way:</del><ins>.</ins>
+<del>established by</del> <ins>the smallest rectangle that encloses
+the <a href="box.html#padding-edge">padding edges</a> of all boxes
+generated by</ins> the nearest ancestor with a 'position' of
+'absolute', 'relative' or 'fixed'<del>, in the following
+way:</del><ins>.</ins>
 <ol>
   <li><del>In the case that the ancestor is an inline box, the
   containing block depends on the 'direction' property of the
@@ -6641,9 +6643,10 @@ in the following way:</del><ins>.</ins>
 </ol>
 
 <p>If there is no such ancestor, the containing block is the initial
-containing block. <ins>In CSS&nbsp;2.1, if that nearest ancestor is an
-inline-level element that splits across multiple lines the containing
-block is undefined.</ins>
+containing block. <ins>If the ancestor is block-level, only its
+principal box is taken into account. In CSS&nbsp;2.1, if the ancestor
+is an <a href="visuren#inline-level">inline-level element</a> that
+splits across multiple lines, the containing block is undefined.</ins>
 </blockquote>
 
 <!--========================== issue 213 ==========================-->
diff --git a/css2/visudet.src b/css2/visudet.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: visudet.src,v 2.160 2011-03-23 09:10:22 bbos Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: visudet.src,v 2.161 2011-03-23 21:13:32 bbos Exp $ -->
 <head>
 <title>Visual formatting model details</title>
 <style type="text/css">
@@ -44,11 +44,14 @@ established by the <a href="visuren.html#viewport">viewport</a>
 in the case of continuous media or the page area in the case of paged media.
 </li>
 <li>If the element has 'position: absolute', the containing block is
-the <a href="box.html#padding-edge">padding edge</a> of the nearest
+the smallest rectangle that encloses the <a
+href="box.html#padding-edge">padding edges</a> of all boxes generated
+by the nearest
 ancestor with a <span class="propinst-position">'position'</span> of
 'absolute', 'relative' or 'fixed'. If there is no such ancestor, the
-containing block is the initial containing block. In CSS&nbsp;2.1, if
-that nearest ancestor is an <a
+containing block is the initial containing block. If the ancestor is
+block-level, only its principal box is taken into account. In
+CSS&nbsp;2.1, if the ancestor is an <a
 href="visuren#inline-level">inline-level element</a> that splits
 across multiple lines, the containing block is undefined.
 </li>
