Re: [css2.1] Issue 199 proposal

On 10/25/2010 05:26 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:20 PM, L. David Baron<dbaron@dbaron.org>  wrote:
>> On Wednesday 2010-10-20 09:25 -0700, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>>> | If an element contains no text, no preserved white space, no
>>> | inline elements with non-zero margins, padding, or borders, and
>>> | no other in-flow content (such as images, inline block, or
>>> | inline tables), then no line boxes are generated inside the
>>> | element.  Any child elements that rely on the element for
>>> | positioning are treated as being in the "before start" corner
>>> | of the element.
>>
>> However, I don't like the new proposal.  It introduces unpleasant
>> discontinuities that weren't there before, e.g., when 'text-align'
>> is 'right'.  See, for example, this testcase:
>> http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C!DOCTYPE%20html%3E%0A%3Cstyle%3E%0Abody%20%3E%20div%20%7B%20border%3A%20solid%20blue%3B%20text-align%3A%20right%3B%20width%3A%20500px%20%7D%0Abody%20%3E%20div%20%3E%20div%20%7B%20display%3A%20inline%3B%20position%3A%20relative%20%7D%0Abody%20%3E%20div%20%3E%20div%20%3E%20div%20%7B%20position%3A%20absolute%3B%20height%3A%20100px%3B%20width%3A%2050px%3B%20background%3A%20orange%3B%20top%3A%200%3B%20right%3A%200%20%7D%0A%3C%2Fstyle%3E%0A%3Cdiv%3E%3Cdiv%3E%3Cdiv%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E
>
> That discontinuity wasn't intentional.  Try this text on for size:
>
> | If an element contains no text, no preserved white
> | space, no inline elements with non-zero margins,
> | padding, or borders, and no other in-flow content
> | (such as images, inline block, or inline tables),
> | then no line boxes are generated inside the
> | element.  The auto position of any child elements
> | in the block-progression direction is the "before"
> | edge of the parent element.  In the
> | inline-progression direction, the position is the
> | same as the position that a zero-width, zero-height
> | inline replaced element in the parent element would
> | be (this, for example, respects the script
> | direction, as well as properties like text-align).

Note that CSS2.1 doesn't recognize vertical text. It's
best not to confuse matters by introducing terminology
here that isn't used elsewhere in the spec. Just keep
things physical for now; it's up to the CSS3 specs to
generalize things.

~fantasai

Received on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:37:44 UTC