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  <title>CSS Test: 'shrink-to-fit' width of absolutely positioned, non-replaced elements - direction (left-to-right), inline-block 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 10.3.9 Width of 'inline-block', non-replaced elements in normal flow" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#inlineblock-width">
  <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#min-max-widths">
  <meta content="When direction is left-to-right and 'left' is set to static position and 'width' and 'right' are 'auto', then the used value of 'width' is given by 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation. If 'width' of an inline-block, 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 an inline-block, 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: ltr;
  margin: 8px;
  }

  div
  {
  background-color: red;
  font: 32px/4 Ahem;
  left: auto; /* left is set to static position: it should be 8px from the left-hand side of document box (at body's margin-left) */
  position: absolute;
  right: auto;
  width: auto;
  }

  span
  {
  background-color: green;
  display: inline-block;
  max-width: 4em;
  }
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  <p>Below 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 right. There should be no red in this page.</p>

  <div><span>XXXXXXXX</span></div>

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