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		iheredia on March 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What No One Told You About Z-Index (2013) I think the problem is not that few people reads the spec, but having picked a name that was now declarative. Something like 'context-order' would give a better hint that the stacking is not as simple as one might think. Choosing css property names is like designing the UI of css

esnard on March 11, 2016 [–]

vertical-align is another example of the "this is not as simple as you might think" problem.

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