[css-transforms][css-filters] concept of establishing containing block

In https://drafts.csswg.org/css-transforms/ , the 'transform',
'transform-style', and 'perspective' properties, and in
https://drafts.fxtf.org/filters/ the 'filter' property [1], are
defined to establish a containing block for fixed-positioned
elements.  I think many people have assumed this to be the case, but
it should be explicitly stated, that these also establish a
containing block for absolutely-positioned elements.

https://drafts.csswg.org/css-containment/#containment-paint
specifies this correctly.

-David

[1] as resolved in
    http://www.w3.org/2015/02/10-fx-minutes.html#action02 but not
    yet edited, although it is mentioned earlier in the spec.

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𝄞   L. David Baron                         http://dbaron.org/   𝄂
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             What I was walling in or walling out,
             And to whom I was like to give offense.
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Received on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 00:24:45 UTC