- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:48:50 +0200
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: shelby@coolpage.com, Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@microsoft.com>, www-style@w3.org
Also sprach Tab Atkins Jr.:
> > However, if we specify that 'column-span: all' in an overflow area
> > just takes the element back in, underneath the content that has
> > already been laid out, and stretches across the columns inside the
> > multicol box, it seems doable. No?
>
> What happens to content following the overflowing spanner? Still
> overflowed?
In my mind (which may differ from others), I'd start laying out
content in normal column underneath the spanning element. Like this:
columns: 3
AAAAA BBBBB CCCCD
spanning element
DDDDD EEEEE FFFFF
As such, the spanning element is a useful way of avoiding horizonal
scrolling to reach wide overflows. Also, it looks more like what you
would get on a printed page.
> What if there's a colspanning element, some normal
> content, then another colspanning element, all in the overflow area?
columns: 3
AAAAA BBBBB CCCCD
spanning element
DDDDD EEEEE FFFFF
spanning element
GGGGG HHHHH JJJJJ
It seems compelling to me.
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome
Received on Monday, 25 October 2010 18:49:29 UTC