<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>CSS Test: 'shrink-to-fit' width of absolutely positioned, non-replaced elements - direction (right-to-left), float and max-width</title> <link rel="author" title="Gérard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/"> <link rel="author" title="Daniel Schattenkirchner" href="crazy-daniel{at}gmx.de"> <link rel="help" title="Section 10.3.7 Absolutely positioned, non-replaced elements" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#abs-non-replaced-width"> <link rel="help" title="Section 10.3.5 Width of floating, non-replaced elements" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#float-width"> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#min-max-widths"> <link rel="match" href="reference/absolute-non-replaced-width-021-ref.htm"> <meta content="When direction is right-to-left and 'right' is set to static position and 'width' and 'left' are 'auto', then the used value of 'width' is given by 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation. If 'width' of an floating, non-replaced element in normal flow computes to 'auto', then the used value of 'width' is also given by 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation. If 'width' of a floating, non-replaced element in normal flow is given by 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation, then such calculated width can be furthermore constrained, reduced by a max-width declaration. If width of an absolutely positioned, non-replaced element resorts to 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation but its own child uses a constrained length resulting from a max-width declaration, then such constrained length will define the preferred width in 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation." name="assert"> <meta content="ahem" name="flags"> <style type="text/css"> body { direction: rtl; margin: 8px; } p {direction: ltr;} div { background-color: red; font: 30px/4 Ahem; left: auto; position: absolute; right: auto; /* right is set to static position: it should be 8px from the right-hand side of document box (at body's margin-right) */ width: auto; } span { background-color: green; float: left; max-width: 4em; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Below, on the right edge of the page, there should be a green square. In the middle of such green square, a black horizontal stripe should be traversing it and protruding out of it toward the left. There should be no red in this page.</p> <div><span>12345678</span></div> </body> </html>