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 |  <head> | 
 |   <title>CSS Multi-column Layout Test: a column box can not act as containing block for elements with 'position: absolute'</title> | 
 |   <link rel="author" title="Opera Software ASA" href="http://www.opera.com/" /> | 
 |   <link rel="reviewer" title="Gérard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/" /> <!-- 2013-07-27 --> | 
 |   <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/#the-multi-column-model" title="2. The multi-column model" /> | 
 |   <link rel="match" href="multicol-containing-001-ref.xht"/> | 
 |   <meta name="flags" content="ahem" /> | 
 |   <meta name="assert" content="This test checks that a column box does not establish containing block for elements with 'position: absolute'." /> | 
 |   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/fonts/ahem.css" /> | 
 |   <style type="text/css"><![CDATA[ | 
 |   div | 
 |   { | 
 |   background-color: yellow; | 
 |   border: gray solid 1em; | 
 |   color: black; | 
 |   font: 1.25em/1 Ahem; | 
 |   orphans: 1; | 
 |   widows: 1; | 
 |   width: 12em; | 
 |  | 
 |   column-count: 3; | 
 |   column-gap: 0; | 
 |   } | 
 |  | 
 |   span | 
 |   { | 
 |   color: red; | 
 |   position: absolute; | 
 |   top: -1em; | 
 |   } | 
 |  | 
 |   /* | 
 |   In this test, the initial containing block establishes containing block | 
 |   for such red span. Therefore, the 2 short red stripes should be | 
 |   positioned out of view, just outside the top edge of viewport. | 
 |   */ | 
 |  | 
 |   ]]></style> | 
 |  </head> | 
 |  <body> | 
 |   <div> | 
 |   bl ac | 
 |   <span>re dd</span> | 
 |   bl ac | 
 |   bl ac | 
 |   </div> | 
 |  </body> | 
 | </html> |