Re: FO: positioning

All areas have an (actual-)height and (actual-)width. For fo:block, the
(actual-)height is determined by its content. It is the actual height and
not the setting of the "height" property that is used in determining most
%-based size and positioning values.

At 14:43 1999-09-20 +0200, you wrote:
>I hope someone of the W3C XSl Working Group con replay me:
>
>how do the position properties work ?
>
>What does absolute positioning work in a paged media ?
>
>I can read in XSL WD:
>
>absolute:
>
>the box's position (and possibly size) is specified with the 'left',
>'right', 'top', and 'bottom' properties. These properties specify offsets
>with rispect to the box's containing block. .......
>
>
>Which are the box's containing block ?
>
>Is the area-container of a fo:flow a containing block and can I use it for
>absulute positioning ?
>How can I have an abosulte positioning in a page different from the first
>page ?
>
>Why couldn't a fo:block have height and width ? Why have I to use
>fo:disply-included-container ?
>
>I hope someone would like to answer me.
>
>Thanks for all.
>Bye.
>
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