[csswg-drafts] [css-sizing] Computing min-width/min-height: auto to zero

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== [css-sizing] Computing min-width/min-height: auto to zero ==
When exactly does 'auto' compute to zero?

http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C!DOCTYPE%20html%3E%0A%3Cstyle%3E%0A%20%20html%20%7B%20display%3A%20flex%3B%20%7D%0A%3C%2Fstyle%3E%0ATest%0A%3Cscript%3E%0A%20%20w(window.getComputedStyle(document.body%2C%20null).getPropertyValue(%27min-height%27))%3B%0A%3C%2Fscript%3E

The  wording in Flexbox https://www.w3.org/TR/css-flexbox-1/#min-size-auto isn't particularly clear.

> On a flex item whose overflow is visible in the main axis, when specified on the flex item’s main-axis min-size property, specifies an automatic minimum size. It otherwise computes to 0 (unless otherwise defined by a future specification). 

Does it compute to zero
- on flex items, in the main axis, when 'overflow' is visible?
- on flex items, in the main axis always, but not in the cross axis? (Firefox does this)
- on flex items, in both axes? (Chrome does this)

We should probably bias towards computing to `auto` in as many cases as is Web-compatible, but we should also fix the spec to say exactly what happens.

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Received on Saturday, 27 January 2018 03:21:44 UTC