Even though the fixed-position element's container is nonscrollable, it should still be composited because one of its ancestors is scrolling. { "layers": [ { "name": "Scrolling background of LayoutView #document", "bounds": [800, 600], "contentsOpaque": true, "backgroundColor": "#FFFFFF" }, { "name": "LayoutBlockFlow DIV class='scrollable bigBox'", "position": [1, 1], "bounds": [285, 285], "drawsContent": false, "transform": 1 }, { "name": "HorizontalScrollbar", "position": [1, 286], "bounds": [300, 15], "transform": 1 }, { "name": "VerticalScrollbar", "position": [286, 1], "bounds": [15, 285], "contentsOpaque": true, "transform": 1 }, { "name": "LayoutBlockFlow DIV class='scrollable bigBox'", "position": [1, 1], "bounds": [285, 800], "transform": 1 }, { "name": "LayoutBlockFlow (positioned) DIV class='fixed lime box'", "position": [10, 100], "bounds": [100, 100], "contentsOpaque": true, "backgroundColor": "#00FF00" } ], "transforms": [ { "id": 1, "transform": [ [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0], [8, 72, 0, 1] ] } ] }