Block Containers The fo:block-container object can be used to create an area with a different writing mode or a different reference orientation. The areas can be part of the flow or absolutely positioned. This is a normal block container within the flow layout. BC:A This block container has a different reference orientation. BC:B The areas are stacked normally but the orientation of the area is rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise. The blocks continue until exhausted as the layout height of this container is fixed in the parent block progression dimension. The clipping of the result is determined by the overflow property. The block progression dimension of this container is effectively infinite. This block container has a different reference orientation. BC:B II The areas are stacked normally but the orientation of the area is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The blocks continue until exhausted as the layout height of this container is fixed in the parent block progression dimension. The clipping of the result is determined by the overflow property. This block container has a different reference orientation. BC:B III The areas are stacked normally but the orientation of the area is rotated 180 degrees clockwise. This block container behaves as part of the flow except the contents are drawn rotated within the viewport by 180 degrees. different writing mode BC:C The areas in this block are stacked according to the rl (tb) writing mode. The next block-container has an absolute position. It does not affect the flow layout of other blocks. BC:D This is a normal block that is confined to the block container. The next block-container has an absolute position. It does not affect the flow layout of other blocks. This time with the reference-orientation set. BC:E This is a normal block that is confined to the block container. End of page. The next block-container tests the clipping. BC:F This is a normal block that is confined to the block container. It also has contents that are larger than the block-container so that this text will be clipped to the viewport. The next block-container tests error-if-overflow. BC:G This is a normal block that is confined to the block container. It also has contents that are larger than the block-container so that this text will be clipped to the viewport.