- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:54:22 -0800
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>, Matthew Wilcox <elvendil@gmail.com>, "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, Lea Verou <leaverou@gmail.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Jan 20, 2012, at 2:13 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Sylvain Galineau > <sylvaing@microsoft.com> wrote: >> [Tab Atkins Jr.:] >>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Does calc in border-width help? >>> >>> Given that his reason for not wanting to use box-sizing was that it >>> wouldn't work in old browsers, I don't think calc() would help. ^_^ >>> >> Not sure I follow. Old browsers don't support % border-width either so >> you'll need a newer browser anyway, won't you? > > My comment was in the context of Matt's previous email, which > contained the line: > > "The solutions are poor - either you use outline and get errors with > Firefox (and poor line placement) or you use box-sizing, but > box-sizing can't degrade gracefully." Old browsers don't support calc() either, and I suspect the fallback also wouldn't be good enough for those wishing for percentage width borders.
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