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title: "CSS3 Positioning"
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## CSS3 Positioning

This page contains the issues that are not yet listed in the specification and the resolutions for issues that were in the spec. but got resolved.

## Action Items

## Issues

### Issue 1:

Changing the positioning edge. Or changing the containing block.

There are issues with circular references. Need a way to handle this. 

Original proposal: http://www.xanthir.com/blog/b48H0

Posponed discussion until TPAC

### Issue 2:

Vertical centering using position.

Proposal from Tantek and Ian: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2002JulSep/0296.html 

Resolved: Proposal modified and added

### Issue 3:

Need to add in logic to all the positioning logic to account for vertical layouts.

### Issue 4:

z-index needs to account for CSS3-floats

Resolved: Handled in CSS Exclusions and Shapes

### Issue 5:

The CSS3 Positioning module needs a section that explains exactly how *static position* is computed. As part of this definition the following should be added: 
“The static position of any CSS 2.1 absolutely positioned element or exclusion element is determined without taking into consideration the wrapping context.”