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741741 See [[CSS2]] <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#containing-block">Section 9.1.2</a>
742742 and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#containing-block-details">Section 10.1</a> for details.
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744+ <dt> <dfn>containing block chain</dfn>
745+ <dd>
746+ A sequence of successive <a>containing blocks</a>
747+ that form an ancestor-descendant chain
748+ through the <a>containing block</a> relation.
749+ For example, an <a>inline box</a> ’s containing block is the content box of its closest <a>block container</a> ancestor;
750+ if that block container is an in-flow <a>block</a> ,
751+ then <em> its</em> containing block is formed by its parent <a>block container</a> ;
752+ if that grandparent <a>block container</a> is <a>absolutely positioned</a> ,
753+ then <em> its</em> containing block is the padding edges of its closest <em> positioned</em> ancestor (not necessarily its parent),
754+ and so on up to the <a>initial containing block</a> .
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744756 <dt> <dfn>initial containing block</dfn>
745757 <dd>
746758 The <a>containing block</a> of the root element.
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