Flex Item Painting Rules

—- dataentry —- Spec_tags : css3-flexbox Owner_tags : fantasai #Who’s driving the discussion? Status_tags : Closed Added_dt : 2012-07-09 #Date added as WG discussion request Action : Pick A or B Issue_urls : http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-flexbox/issues-lc-2012 #issue-5 Proposal_urls : Agenda_urls : #If this is part of an ordered series of related topics, e.g. LC issues, use this to link to the supertopic agenda

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Background

See CSS2.1 Appendix E

Problem Statement

Do flex items form a pseudo-stacking context (stacking container)?

Proposal(s)

Proposal A : No, they behave like blocks and table cells

Proposal B : Yes, and they’re painted at the same layer as inline blocks.

Other Options : Yes, and they’re painted at [some other] layer.