- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:44:26 -0700
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:56 AM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: > 2. New values for ‘display’ property > > # Flexbox establishes a new block formatting context for its content. > > A flexbox doesn't actually establish a new block formatting context, > since a block formatting context contains... block-formatted contents. > Flexbox items establish new block formatting contexts for their children. > But I understand what you're trying to do here, not sure how to describe > it, maybe > > | A flexbox establishes a new flexbox formatting context, and thus behaves > | outwardly like a block formatting context root (flow root). > > 3. Flexbox Items > > # Flexbox layout algorithm operates on flexbox items. > # Flexbox items are: > # > # Immediate block-level children of flexbox > # Atomic inline-level children of flexbox > # Contiguous run of non-replaced inline children, wrapped into an > # anonymous block > > So, once an element becomes a flexbox item, it is neither block-level > nor inline-level. It is flexbox-level. So maybe write this like > > | The flexbox layout algorithm operates on flexbox items, which are > | boxes that participate in a flexbox formatting context. Flexbox > | items are created from: [insert list here] All of this feedback has been accepted and appropriate edits made. ~TJ
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