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 at hp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: don at lexmark.com [mailto:don at lexmark.com]
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:58 AM
To: xp at 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 at lexmark.com
Member, IEEE SA Standards Board
PatCom Chair, SCC Liaison
Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
f.wright at ieee.org / f.wright at 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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