11<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
22<html lang="en">
3- <!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 1.43 1997-11-27 03:18:37 ian Exp $ -->
3+ <!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 1.44 1997-11-28 16:06:05 howcome Exp $ -->
44<HEAD>
55<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
66<TITLE>Visual rendering model</TITLE>
@@ -273,10 +273,14 @@ block"> <em>containing block</em></span>
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274274<ul>
275275<li> If a box has no parent, then it has no containing block
276- <li> Otherwise, if the value of the
277- <span class="propinst-display">'display'</span> property for the
278- parent box is anything else besides 'inline' then the containing block
279- is that parent
276+ <li> Otherwise, if the value of the <span
277+ class="propinst-position">'position'</span> property for the parent
278+ element is anything besides 'static' then the containing block is that
279+ parent
280+ <li> Otherwise, if the value of the <span
281+ class="propinst-display">'display'</span> property for the parent
282+ element is anything else besides 'inline' then the containing block is
283+ that parent
280284<li> Otherwise, the containing block is the containing block
281285of the parent.
282286</ul>
@@ -508,14 +512,15 @@ This document:
508512
509513<pre>
510514<style>
511- DT {display: compact}
512- DD {margin-left: 4em}
515+ DT {display: compact}
516+ DD {margin-left: 4em}
513517</style>
518+
514519<dl>
515- <dt>Short
516- <dd><p>Description goes here.
517- <dt>too long for the margin
518- <dd><p>Description goes here.
520+ <dt>Short
521+ <dd><p>Description goes here.
522+ <dt>too long for the margin
523+ <dd><p>Description goes here.
519524</dl>
520525</pre>
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@@ -937,8 +942,7 @@ respectively.
937942<P>Fixed positioning is a variant of absolute positioning. The only
938943difference is that absolutely positioned elements are positioned with
939944respect to a reference box, while fixed positioned elements are
940- positioned with respect to the canvas. Fixed positioned elements are,
941- as the name indicates, fixed to the canvas.
945+ positioned with respect to the <a href="media.html#canvas">viewport</A>.
942946
943947<P>For continuous media, fixed boxes do not move when the document is
944948scrolled. In this respect, they are similar to <a
@@ -965,7 +969,7 @@ fragment:
965969 End of body contents.
966970 </P>
967971</BODY>
968- </PRE >
972+ </pre >
969973
970974<p>The final positioning of the <em>outer</em> and <em>inner</em>
971975spans vary in each example. In each illustration, the numbers to
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