- From: Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 15:57:41 +0000
- To: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
> From: Tab Atkins Jr. [mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:31 AM > > The only remaining naming bikeshed is the start/end keywords in the > 'align-*' properties <http://wiki.csswg.org/topics/start-end-before-after- > align>. We have two options: > > The argument for (1) is that, first, using different keywords to > accomplish basically the same thing in two properties is confusing, and > second, these aren't the logical axises. I *actually* call the directions > "main-start/end" and "cross-start/end" in the Flexbox spec, and just drop > the prefix for brevity in the property value. Of all arguments on start/end vs. before/after this is the strongest IMO. It is complicated already, having to remember what takes 'start' and what takes 'before' when it isn't 100% obvious which direction is "logicallhy inline" will be yet another hassle. I'm for start/end. Alex
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