ACTION-437: Check with Opera that it is ok not to treat the root element as a BFC

Check with Opera that it is ok not to treat the root element as a BFC

State:
closed
Person:
Florian Rivoal
Due on:
February 15, 2012
Created on:
February 8, 2012
Associated Product:
CSS2.1
Related emails:
  1. [CSSWG] Minutes and Resolutions Paris F2F 2012-02-08 Wed AM I: (from fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net on 2012-02-12)

Related notes:

I though we treated the root element as an abspos, but that was mistaken. We treat it as an ordinary block, so it does not establish a BFC.

The outermost BFC is established by a dummy element tied to the viewport, which acts as the parent of the root element.



Florian Rivoal, 14 Feb 2012, 09:55:57

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