Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-grid] axis names

Reasonable arguments can be made for making the "column axis" (and "row axis") go in either direction:

* "column axis" should be oriented the same way as columns themselves (vertical in English)
* "column axis" should be the direction that a column grows (vertical)
* "column axis" should be the direction that you add new columns in / number the columns (horizontal)

(2) and (3) from above *both* correspond to how block/inlines work - as you add more content to a block/inline, it grows vertical/horizontally, but if you add more blocks/inlines, they *also* get added vertically/horizontally, so you can't use block/inline as a pattern to follow here.

Ultimately, it was "column axis should put you in mind of a column" that decided us on the current definition.

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Received on Friday, 28 April 2017 21:05:02 UTC