Re: [flex-units] unit abbreviations and the flex()

DOH! Of course margin CAN. Be less than zero. What was I thinking? Sigh.

On May 28, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On May 28, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Zack Weinberg <zweinberg@mozilla.com>  
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>> Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> No, I agree. But that's why I mentioned 'margin: calc(1fl + 2px)',
>>> which would be a 2px hard lower boundary, supposing that '1fl' might
>>> typically be much more than that, but capping it at 2px in case it
>>> wasn't.
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>> Wait, what?  Weren't you just arguing for '1fl' to be allowed to be
>> negative?
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> Yes, but margin can't be less than zero. I guess I was thinking  
> margin would hit zero, not go any lower, and then the 2px would be  
> added back, but you're right, that doesn't really make mathmatical  
> sense.