- From: L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:52:30 +0100
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: robert@ocallahan.org, Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Thursday 2008-08-14 15:32 +0100, fantasai wrote: > Robert O'Callahan wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Bert Bos <bert@w3.org >> <mailto:bert@w3.org>> wrote: >> >> In 16.2, replace >> >> If the computed value of text-align is 'justify' while the computed >> value of white-space is 'pre' or 'pre-line', the actual value of >> text-align is set to the initial value. >> >> with >> >> If the computed value of 'text-align' is 'justify' and the computed >> value of white-space is 'pre', 'pre-line' or 'pre-wrap', then the >> actual value of 'text-align' is set to the initial value. >> >> >> This seems unnecessary, why not just get rid of it? > > It makes a difference for > > <p style="text-align: justify; white-space: pre">Some text here > <span style="white-space: normal">Some more text here</span></p> But it doesn't even solve the problem that it's attempting to solve, since there are still cases where you have to justify preformatted text, such as: <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="white-space pre">Some text here</span></p> The spec should just say which values of 'white-space' forbid spaces from being stretched for justification. -David -- L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ Mozilla Corporation http://www.mozilla.com/
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