Re: [css3-flexbox] alignment test

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:54 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote:
> On 12/07/2011 10:59 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> I was convinced against main-axis auto margins being flexible, since
>> they complicate the layout model without really working well (since
>> you can't control the flexibility - I liked them a lot more when they
>> accepted the flex() function).  So, the spec currently resolves them
>> to 0 instead (or should, if I accidentally left out the detail).  This
>> matches both Firefox's and WebKit's behavior for -prefix-box.
>
> Firefox's flexbox behavior requires adding <spacer> elements in order to
> have some things align to the left and others align to the right.
>
> I would like that not be the case.

I believe it's cleaner and easier to understand if we wait for the
ability to create arbitrary pseudo-elements, which we expect to do
anyway to help out with Regions.  Then you can use pseudo-elements as
spacers, and have more control over alignment as well.

~TJ