Re: Initial values for min-height and min-width from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2016-11-09 (www-style@w3.org from November 2016)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 10:27:24 -0800
To: Jens Oliver Meiert <jens@meiert.com>
Cc: W3C WWW Style <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDDw4LcQXHWx3bX4jdo_v07a=k3sW98yvxaAE-1Z3RGpbQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Jens Oliver Meiert <jens@meiert.com> wrote:
> The initial values for min-height and min-width have traditionally
> been “0” [1,2,…]. Flexbox introduces “auto” [3] as a compatible update
> to the old value.
>
> Is this “done” though, is “auto” indeed to be considered the new
> initial default for these two properties? (What should an index like
> http://meiert.com/en/indices/css-properties/ say?)

Yes, both Flexbox and Grid depend on "auto" being the initial value.

~TJ

Received on Wednesday, 9 November 2016 18:28:17 UTC