VisualEditor: Refactor CSS so CE doesn't need to position things relative to the UI surface
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	Catrope
	Oct 22 2013, 8:25 PM

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I see a lot of code like this:

ve.Element.getRelativePosition( [something], this.getRoot().getSurface().getSurface().$ );

Ideally, CE classes wouldn't need to reach into the UI surface for stuff like this. Positioning against the CE surface should just work.

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Severity: enhancement

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to High.Nov 22 2014, 2:24 AM

• bzimport set Reference to bz56012.

Jdforrester-WMF lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.Jan 9 2015, 10:55 PM

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 12:23 PM