Re: [css3-writing-modes] yet another logical property and writing mode proposal

John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com> wrote on 2010/09/28 16:53:14
> Shinyu Murakami wrote:
> 
> > > I don't think this quite works, this proposal effectively allows
> > > several properties to alias the same effective value with no way of
> > > clearly resolving precedence.
> > >
> > >   body { writing-mode: vertical-rl: }
> > >   .level1 { height: 2em; }
> > >   .level2 { width: logical 1em; }
> > >   .level3 { height: 3em; }
> > >  
> > >   <div class="level1">
> > >     <div class="level2">
> > >       <div class="level3">
> > >         What's my height?
> > >       </div>
> > >     </div>
> > >   </div>
> > >  
> > > What's the height applied to the inner-most div element?  The resolved
> > > width would be 'logical 1em' and the height would be '3em'.  Which
> > > applies?
> > 
> > 3em.
> > In this case, .level2 { width: logical 1em; } sets the actual
> > value of 'height' of div.level2 to 1em.
> > But inner-most is .level3 { height: 3em; }.
> > 
> > If 'width: logical 1em' and 'height: 3em' are specified in a same
> > element, 'height: 3em' wins because the physical has precedence.
> 
> Hmmm, so you're saying the height of div.level2 would be 1em, as in
> the simplified example below?
> 
>   body { writing-mode: vertical-rl: }
>   .level1 { height: 2em; }
>   .level2 { width: logical 1em; }
>   .level3 { height: 3em; }
>  
>   <div class="level1">
>     <div class="level2">
>       What's my height?
>     </div>
>   </div>

The height of div.level2 is 1em.

> 
> Based on the "physical wins" rule it seems like the height of div.level2
> should be 2em since it's equivalent to this:
> 
>   div.level2 {
>     height: 2em;
>     width: logical 1em;
>   }

No. They are not equivalent.
The "physical wins" rule is only effective on a single element
after all computed property values are solved.

Example:

  .foo {
    width:  1in;
    height: 2in;
    width:  logical 3in;
    writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  }

computed value of height is 2in.
computed value of width is 'logical 3in'  ('width: 1in' is overridden in cascading process).

actual value of physical height is 2in (physical wins over 'width: logical 3in').
actual value of physical width is auto (not specified, keeps default)

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Received on Tuesday, 28 September 2010 08:50:37 UTC