[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 15286] position:absolute causes div width to collapse

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15286


webkit at blaut.biz changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |webkit at blaut.biz
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
          Component|Layout and Rendering        |Evangelism
     Ever Confirmed|0                           |1
         OS/Version|Windows XP                  |All
           Platform|PC                          |All




------- Comment #2 from webkit at blaut.biz  2008-03-09 13:31 PDT -------
It isn't a bug. Webkit and Firefox 3 correctly resolves width for position:
absolute using "shrink to fit" method: 

"Calculation of the shrink-to-fit width is similar to calculating the width of
a table cell using the automatic table layout algorithm. Roughly: calculate the
preferred width by formatting the content without breaking lines other than
where explicit line breaks occur, and also calculate the preferred minimum
width, e.g., by trying all possible line breaks. [...]

Then the shrink-to-fit width is: min(max(preferred minimum width, available
width), preferred width)."
[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#abs-non-replaced-width]

Confirmed as an evangelism bug.


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