From: dorayme on
In article <slrnhrm23c.44b.spamspam(a)bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam(a)spam.eggs> wrote:

> On 2010-04-06, dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
....
> > Is this right? Why is it not 100% of whatever the height happens
> > to be in a user's browser
>
> But what determines that height? Here's what the spec actually says
> (10.5):
>
> The percentage is calculated with respect to the height of the
> generated box's containing block [p. 122] . If the height of the
> containing block is not specified explicitly (i.e., it depends on
> content height), and this element is not absolutely positioned, the
> value computes to 'auto'.
>


Sorry Jeff, sorry everyone, thanks Ben, I seem to have
misinterpreted everything about what was puzzling from beginning
to end on this. Forgive me one last time. It will never ever
happen again. Cross or Star of David or Crescent Moon & Star my
heart.

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dorayme