[css2] - Added statement that percentages on margins in page context

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit f20b380c66df · 1998-05-08T16:24:59.000Z
have different meanings.

- Margins of absolutely *and* relatively positioned boxes
  don't collapse.

- Minor shifting of other paragraphs

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diff --git a/css2/box.src b/css2/box.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: box.src,v 1.16 1998-05-07 12:03:40 bbos Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: box.src,v 1.17 1998-05-08 16:24:59 ijacobs Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Box model</TITLE>
@@ -206,9 +206,14 @@ value type, which may take one of the following values:
 <dt><span class="value-inst-length"><strong>&lt;length&gt;</strong></span>
 <dd>Specifies a fixed width.
 <dt><span class="value-inst-percentage"><strong>&lt;percentage&gt;</strong></span>
-<dd>Specifies a percentage width. The percentage is calculated
+<dd>The percentage is calculated
 with respect to the <em>width</em> of the generated box's 
 <a href="visuren.html#containing-block">containing block</a>.
+This is true for <span
+class="propinst-margin-top">'margin-top'</span> and <span
+class="propinst-margin-bottom">'margin-bottom'</span>, 
+except in the <a href="page.html#page-context">page context</a>,
+where percentages refer to page box height.
 <dt><strong>auto</strong>
 <dd>See the section on <a
 href="visudet.html#Computing_widths_and_margins">computing widths and 
@@ -239,11 +244,6 @@ class="propinst-margin-bottom">'margin-bottom'</span>, and <span
 class="propinst-margin-left">'margin-left'</span> at the same place in
 the style sheet.
 
-<P class="note">Note that percentages, even for <span
-class="propinst-margin-top">'margin-top'</span> and <span
-class="propinst-margin-bottom">'margin-bottom'</span>, are relative to
-the containing block width. 
-
 <P> If there is only one value, it applies to all
 sides. If there are two values, the top and bottom margins
 are set to the first value and the right and left margins are
@@ -301,8 +301,9 @@ maximum of the negative adjoining margins is deducted from zero.
 href="visuren.html#floats">floated</a> box and any other box do not
 collapse.
 
-<li>Margins of absolutely positioned boxes do not collapse.
-<!-- What about relatively? -IJ -->
+<li>Margins of <a
+href="visuren.html#absolutely-positioned">absolutely</a> and
+relatively positioned boxes do not collapse.
 </ul>
 
 <P>Please
@@ -332,9 +333,11 @@ name="value-def-padding-width"><strong>&lt;padding-width&gt;</strong>
 <dt><span class="value-inst-length"><strong>&lt;length&gt;</strong></span>
 <dd>Specifies a fixed width.
 <dt><span class="value-inst-percentage"><strong>&lt;percentage&gt;</strong></span>
-<dd>Specifies a percentage width.
-The percentage is calculated with respect to the <em>width</em> of the 
-generated box's <a href="visuren.html#containing-block">containing block</a>.
+<dd>The percentage is calculated with
+respect to the <em>width</em> of the generated box's <a
+href="visuren.html#containing-block">containing block</a>, even for
+<span class="propinst-padding-top">'padding-top'</span> and <span
+class="propinst-padding-bottom">'padding-bottom'</span>.
 </dl>
 
 <P>Unlike margin properties, values for padding values cannot be
