Re: [css-ruby][css-text-decor] Text-decoration on ruby

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016, at 02:12 AM, fantasai wrote:
> On 02/07/2015 04:08 AM, fantasai wrote:
> > On 02/05/2015 02:09 AM, Xidorn Quan wrote:
> >> It is not clear how text decorations should be rendered on ruby elements, or more specifically, what should happen on sides of
> >> short base text with long annotation?
> >>
> >> For example, if we have content like:
> >>
> >> <ruby>base 1<rt>a very very very long annotation</rt>base 2<rt>another very very very long annotation</rt></ruby>
> >>
> >> then we specify "text-decoration: underline" to <ruby> or some of its inline ancestors. What should happen? Currently, WebKit
> >> and Blink and Trident won't draw the underline in the gap between the bases, and between text preceding/following and the
> >> ruby, while Gecko will draw lines in those places. More precisely, Gecko currently extends the decoration lines to the
> >> boundary of each box, other impls don't do that.
> >>
> >> It seems to me that our (Gecko) impl makes more sense if the ruby is part of a sentence, while other impls make more sense
> >> when ruby is put alone as a single word.
> >>
> >> This problem becomes more complicated when considering the different values of ruby-align. I guess users of "center" and
> >> "start" probably don't want to extend the lines to the boundary of boxes.
> >>
> >> Any idea?
> >
> > I'd say, follow the same rules as we have for text decoration on padding and margin.
> 
> This has been edited into
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-ruby/#ruby-text-decoration fwiw.
> Apparently on the same day I sent that message. :p
> 
> Let me know if it needs further work or if you disagree with the text.

That text makes sense to me, though I have no idea how to implement it
yet :/

- Xidorn

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