Re: [css3-flexbox] overflow property

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Morten Stenshorne <mstensho@opera.com> wrote:
> Should the 'overflow' property apply to flexboxes? Implementations do
> support it, and I think it makes sense to do so.
>
> However, the flexbox spec (20120510) says that "Flexboxes are not block
> containers", and CSS21 says that 'overflow' applies to block containers
> only.
>
> BTW: When it comes to "the other non-block container thing", namely
> tables, it looks like we have all agreed to honor overflow:hidden, while
> overflow:scroll and overflow:auto are treated as overflow:visible...

CSS21 needs fixing there.  Anton, fantasai, you led me astray!  Y'all
told me that it doesn't make sense to call it a block context!

Overflow should definitely apply.

~TJ

Received on Friday, 11 May 2012 13:19:10 UTC