@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ Absolute (and Fixed) Positioning</h3>
699699 can also be called the <dfn export>absolute-position containing block</dfn> .)
700700
701701<h4 id="resolving-insets">
702- Resolvings Insets: the “Inset-Modified Containing Block”</h4>
702+ Resolvings Insets for the “Inset-Modified Containing Block”</h4>
703703
704704 If only one [=inset property=] in a given axis is ''top/auto'' ,
705705 it is set to zero.
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ Absolute Positioning Layout Model</h2>
905905 as defined by its [=self-alignment properties=] .
906906
907907 For this purpose, if neither ''<overflow-position>/safe'' nor ''<overflow-position>/unsafe'' is specified,
908- the box aligns at an " in-between" level of safety:
908+ the box aligns at an “ in-between” level of safety:
909909 it is ''unsafe'' -aligned within its [=inset-modified containing block=] ,
910910 but shifted, if necessary, to not overflow
911911 the union of its [=original containing block=] and its [=inset-modified containing block=] --
@@ -971,6 +971,10 @@ Auto Margins of Absolutely-Positioned Boxes</h3>
971971 the [=inline-start|start=] margin resolves to zero
972972 and the [=inline-end|end=] margin receives the <var> remaining space</var> .
973973
974+ Note: Unlike typical [=in-flow=] layout,
975+ the space distributed to ''margin/auto'' [=margins=]
976+ can be negative in [=absolute positioning=] .
977+
974978<h2 id="abspos-old">
975979Old Absolute Positioning Layout Model</h2>
976980
@@ -1700,6 +1704,13 @@ Acknowledgments</h2>
17001704
17011705<h2 class="no-num" id="changes">Changes</h2>
17021706
1707+ The following significant changes were made since the
1708+ <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/WD-css-position-3-20240810/">10 August 2024 Working Draft</a> :
1709+ <ul>
1710+ <li> None. Editorial updates only (as of 10 March 2025).
1711+ </ul>
1712+
1713+
17031714 The following significant changes were made since the
17041715 <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2023/WD-css-position-3-20230403/">3 April 2023 Working Draft</a> :
17051716 <ul>
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