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[css-overflow-3][editorial] Improvements to scrolling terminology section structure
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(through which the <a>scrollable overflow area</a> can be viewed)
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coincides with its padding box,
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and is called the <dfn export>scrollport</dfn>.
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A box’s <dfn export>nearest scrollport</dfn>
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is the [=scrollport=] of its nearest [=scroll container=] ancestor.
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A box’s <dfn export>nearest scroll container</dfn>
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is the its nearest [=scroll container=] ancestor in the [=containing block chain=].
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(See [[#overflow-properties]] for control over whether a box clips or scrolls its overflow.)
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Scrolling operations can be initiated by the user
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(for example, by manipulating a scrollbar, swiping a touchscreen, or using keyboard controls)
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Unless otherwise specified,
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it is the [=block-start=] [=inline-start=] corner of the [=scrollable overflow rectangle=].
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(For example, in a [=flex container=] it is the [=main-start=] [=cross-start=] corner.)
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Unless otherwise adjusted
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(e.g. [[css-align-3#overflow-scroll-position|by content alignment]] [[css-align-3]]),
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the area beyond the [=scroll origin=] in either axis
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is considered the <dfn export>unreachable scrollable overflow region</dfn>:
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content rendered here is not accessible to the reader,
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see [[#scrollable]].
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A [=scroll container=] is said to be scrolled to its [=scroll origin=]
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when its [=scroll origin=] coincides with the corresponding corner of its [=scrollport=].
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This [=scroll position=], the <dfn export>scroll origin position</dfn>,
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or away from the [=scroll origin=] is not defined.
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Should each API define its coordinate model?
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Unless otherwise adjusted
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(e.g. [[css-align-3#overflow-scroll-position|by content alignment]] [[css-align-3]]),
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the area beyond the [=scroll origin=] in either axis
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is considered the <dfn export>unreachable scrollable overflow region</dfn>:
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content rendered here is not accessible to the reader,
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see [[#scrollable]].
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The root viewport, which scrolls the page [=canvas=],
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uses the <a>principal writing mode</a> for determining
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its [=scroll origin=] and [=initial scroll position=].

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