- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 15:23:27 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Anne van Kesteren (fora)" <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Mon, 10 May 2004, Anne van Kesteren (fora) wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, the proposal. '::overflow' can be used as an element, which can be
>>> positioned independently. All the text that doesn't fit in the box
>>> will go to this pseudo-element when a special value for 'overflow'
>>> (the /property/) has been set.
>
> "text that doesn't fit" means all the lines of text that don't fit
> completely within the specified 'height' and 'width' of the box, with
> their specified 'font-size', 'line-height' combination.
>
> (I'm not sure if the breaks the current 'overflow' mechanism.)
So how does this work:
<div><span>Test</span></div>
div { overflow: special-value; height: 1em; width: 1em; }
span { margin: -0.5em; display: block; font-size: 3em; }
...what goes into ::overflow?
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