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Zachary D. Rowitsch 62c3a5c918 Fix z-index stacking order for deep stacking-context descendants
The display list builder only categorized direct children into CSS
paint-order buckets. Stacking-context elements nested inside normal-flow
intermediaries (like <body>) rendered in document order instead of at
the correct steps 2/7 per CSS 2.1 Appendix E. This caused elements
with explicit z-index to paint incorrectly relative to siblings.

Add a recursive tree walk (collect_stacking_participants) that collects
stacking-context descendants from the entire subtree, tracking ancestor
overflow:hidden clip rects. Hoisted elements render with preserved clips
via render_with_ancestor_clips. Skip guards in render_layout_box_normal
and render_non_inline_descendants prevent double-rendering.

Scope is limited to stacking contexts (positioned + z-index) to avoid
regressions with float paint ordering. Positioned-auto deep hoisting
and stacking contexts inside floats are documented follow-ups.

Promotes 4 WPT tests, demotes 1 (pre-existing step 3/5 limitation).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-27 06:24:52 -05:00

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