@@ -197,8 +197,12 @@ Paint Containment</h3>
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198198 Giving an element <dfn export>paint containment</dfn> has the following effects:
199199
200- 1. The contents of the element must be clipped to the element's content box.
201- This includes both the paint of the descendants and their geometry (similar to overflow).
200+ 1. As specified in [[!CSS-OVERFLOW-3]] ,
201+ the computed value the 'overflow-x' and 'overflow-y' is changed to ''overflow/clip''
202+ if it would otherwise have been ''overflow/visible'' .
203+ <span class=note> This means that regardless of the specified value of 'overflow' ,
204+ the contents of the element is clipped to the element's content box,
205+ including both the paint of the descendants and their geometry</span>
202206 2. The element must act as a containing block for absolutely positioned and fixed positioned descendants.
203207 3. The element must be a <a>formatting context</a> .
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@@ -208,7 +212,8 @@ Paint Containment</h3>
208212 the UA can directly skip trying to paint its contents,
209213 as they're guaranteed to be off-screen/obscured as well.
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211- 2. If the containing element is ''overflow:visible'' ,
215+ 2. If the containing element would have been ''overflow:visible'' ,
216+ it becomes ''overflow:clip'' and
212217 the UA can reserve "canvas" space for the element exactly the element's size.
213218 (In similar, scrollable, situations, like ''overflow: hidden'' ,
214219 it's possible to scroll to the currently-clipped content,
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