@@ -861,7 +861,13 @@ Automatic Box Type Transformations</h3>
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- The root element’s display type is always <a>blockified</a> .
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+ <h3 id='root'>
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+ The Root Element’s Principal Box</h3>
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+ The [=root element=] ’s display type is always <a>blockified</a> ,
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+ and its [=principal box=] always establishes an [=independent formatting context=] .
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+ This box’s [=containing block=] is the [=initial containing block=] .
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Additionally, a 'display' of ''display/contents'' computes to ''block'' on the root element.
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<!--
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The following terms are defined here for convenience:
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<dl export>
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+ <dt> <dfn>root element</dfn>
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+ <dd>
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+ The [=CSS/element=] at the root of the [=document tree=] .
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+ In a [=document tree=] produced under the DOM,
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+ this is the [=document element=] ;
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+ in HTML it is the <{html}> element.
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+ [[DOM]] [[HTML]]
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<dt> <dfn>principal box</dfn>
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<dd>
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When an [=CSS/element=] generates one or more [=boxes=] ,
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<dt> <dfn>initial containing block</dfn>
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<dd>
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- The <a>containing block</a> of the root element.
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+ The <a>containing block</a> of the [=root element=] .
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+ The [=initial containing block=] establishes a [=block formatting context=] .
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See <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#containing-block-details">CSS2.1§10.1</a> for [=continuous media=] ;
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- and [[!CSS-PAGE-3]] for [=paged media=] .
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+ and [[!CSS-PAGE-3]] for [=paged media=]
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+ for its position and dimensions.
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<dt> <dfn>formatting context</dfn>
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<dd>
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