@@ -148,11 +148,21 @@ Not all elements are capable of being [=anchor elements=]
148148for a given positioned element,
149149so a name can be reused in multiple places
150150if the usages are scoped appropriately.
151- If the element has either [=style containment=] or [=layout containment=] ,
152- the 'anchor-name' property is [=scoped property|scoped=] [=scoped to a sub-tree|to a sub-tree=] .
153- If there are still multiple valid [=anchor elements=]
154- with the given [=anchor name=] ,
155- the last one is chosen.
151+
152+ Note: If multiple elements share an [=anchor name=]
153+ and are all visible to a given positioned element,
154+ the [=target anchor element=] will be the last one in DOM order.
155+ 'anchor-scope' can be used to limit what names are visible to a given element.
156+
157+ [=Anchor names=] are <em> not</em> scoped by [=containment=] by default;
158+ even if an element has [=style containment|style=] or [=layout containment=]
159+ (or any similar sort of containment),
160+ the [=anchor names=] of its descendants are visible to elements elsewhere in the page.
161+
162+ Note: While an element is in the [=skipped contents=] of another element
163+ (due to ''content-visibility: hidden'' , for instance),
164+ it's not an [=acceptable anchor element=] ,
165+ effectively acting as if it had no names.
156166
157167### Implicit Anchor Elements ### {#implicit}
158168
@@ -371,6 +381,8 @@ or nothing (a missing specifier).
371381 Issue: define the term that actually means this,
372382 matching ::before/after/backdrop/etc
373383 (but not ::marker/placeholder/etc whose box is not detectable).
384+
385+ * |el| is not in the [=skipped contents=] of another element.
374386</div>
375387
376388<!-- Big Text: default
@@ -433,6 +445,21 @@ in ''anchor()'' and ''anchor-size()''.
433445 </pre>
434446</div>
435447
448+ <h3 id=anchor-relevance>
449+ Anchor Relevance</h3>
450+
451+ As long as an [=anchor element=]
452+ is a [=target anchor element=]
453+ for any positioned element
454+ that is [=relevant to the user=] ,
455+ the [=anchor element=] is also [=relevant to the user=] .
456+
457+ Note: This means that, for example,
458+ an anchor in a ''content-visibility: auto'' subtree
459+ will prevent its subtree from [=skipping its contents=]
460+ as long as the positioned element relying on it
461+ is [=relevant to the user=] .
462+
436463
437464Anchor-Based Positioning {#positioning}
438465========================
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