XP Mail Archive: RE: XP> CSS-Print Issue with Absolute Posit

RE: XP> CSS-Print Issue with Absolute Positioning

From: BIGELOW,JIM (HP-Boise,ex1) (jim_bigelow@hp.com)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:36:59 EST

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    Don:

    I don't have any position (no pun intended) on this issue. I do want to
    note that the float and clear properties in the enhanced layout mode already
    require a printer to defer the placement of elements on the page since the
    content boxes may move in response to other boxes on the page. I think that
    the case discussed below is extreme requirements of an implementation.

    Jim Bigelow
    Hewlett-Packard
    206-444-0437
    jim_bigelow@hp.com

    -----Original Message-----
    From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
    Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:58 AM
    To: xp@pwg.org
    Subject: XP> CSS-Print Issue with Absolute Positioning

    All:

    I would like to formally raise the issue of ABSOLUTE positioning in
    CSS-Print.

    As it is currently defined, in Print Enhanced mode, an element can be
    absolutely positioned using the "position absolute" property/property value
    pair. This means that at the bottom of a page, it is quite legal to add a
    header which is, of course, behind the current "cursor" position on the
    page. (See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#comparison for a
    comparison of the various positioning methods allowable in CSS.)

    Lexmark's issue with this is not strictly the ability to absolutely position
    but rather the problem with moving backwards on the page. It would be
    workable to have all the absolutely placed elements at the start of the page
    when they can be cached and dealt with as the page is built but that is not
    required in CSS. As such we would like to either remove the ability to do
    absolute positioning completely or alternatively require that absolute
    positioning shall not reference a location on the page "behind" the current
    "cursor"position.

    I'll add this to the agenda.

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     Don Wright don@lexmark.com

     Member, IEEE SA Standards Board
             PatCom Chair, SCC Liaison
     Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
     f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org

     Director, Alliances & Standards
     Lexmark International
     740 New Circle Rd
     Lexington, Ky 40550
     859-825-4808 (phone) 603-963-8352 (fax)
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