Flex Item Painting Rules

Spec:: css3-flexbox
Owner:: fantasai
Status:: Closed
Added:: 2012-07-09
Action:: Pick A or B
Issue:: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-flexbox/issues-lc-2012

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.