@@ -1183,11 +1183,10 @@ Inherited: no
11831183Animation type : discrete
11841184</pre>
11851185
1186- There are times when an element's anchors
1187- are not appropriate for positioning the element with,
1188- and it would be better to simply not display the element at all.
1189- 'position-visibility' provides several conditions
1190- where this could be the case.
1186+ There are some conditions in which it might not make sense
1187+ to display an [=absolutely-positioned=] box.
1188+ This property allows such boxes to be made conditionally visible,
1189+ depending on some commonly needed layout conditions.
11911190
11921191<dl dfn-type=value dfn-for=position-visibility>
11931192 : <dfn>always</dfn>
@@ -1857,7 +1856,7 @@ the following [=properties=]:
18571856
18581857It is invalid to use ''!important'' on the properties in the <<declaration-list>> .
18591858Doing so causes the property it is used on to become invalid,
1860- but does not invalid the ''@property-try'' rule as a whole.
1859+ but does not invalidate the ''@property-try'' rule as a whole.
18611860
18621861All of the properties in a ''@position-try'' are applied to the element
18631862as part of the <dfn>Position Fallback Origin</dfn> ,
@@ -1875,14 +1874,18 @@ and acts as specified.)
18751874
18761875Note: The [=accepted @position-try properties=] are the smallest group of properties
18771876that affect just the size and position of the box itself,
1878- without changing its contents area.
1879- This significantly simplifies the implementation of position fallback,
1880- without reducing the possible behaviors overly much.
1877+ without otherwise changing its contents or styling.
1878+ This significantly simplifies the implementation of position fallback
1879+ while addressing the fundamental need to move an anchor-positioned box
1880+ in response to available space.
1881+ Since these rules override normal declarations in the [=Author Origin=] ,
1882+ this also limits the poor interactions of ''@position-try'' declarations
1883+ with the normal cascading and inheritance of other properties.
18811884It is expected that a future extension to [=container queries=]
18821885will allow querying an element
18831886based on the position fallback it's using,
1884- allowing many cases not allowed by this restricted list
1885- to be handled .
1887+ enabling the sort of conditional styling
1888+ not allowed by this restricted list .
18861889
18871890Note: If multiple elements using different anchors
18881891want to use the same fallback positioning,
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