- From: hyojin via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:56:01 +0000
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The change([89e5017](https://github.com/dbaron/csswg-drafts/commit/89e5017fa983ea69ebf8db044a3f7b64140ad3b2)) makes it clear in terms of solving a problem of the confusing terminology.
In the [`CSSOM View`](https://drafts.csswg.org/cssom-view) spec, on the other hands, the `{up, right, down, left}-ward` terms are used in several contexts to mainly describe how scrolling behavior works according to the scrolling box's overflow direction. So if we want to remove the terms as a physical direction, several statements including `*-ward` seems to be rephrased. (When I search 'ward' in the document, I can see the corresponding terms more than fifty in the CSSOM View spec.)
Alternatively, we could consider to revise the description of the six cases for two overflow directions (`{left|right}-ward` and `{up|down}-ward`) depending on the viewport’s or element’s block flow direction and inline base direction. If we apply a factor of `line-orientation` to the description in addition to the existing two factors such as `block flow direction` and `inline base direction`, it makes clear for describing the exact terminology. It seems a intuitive way for understanding the meaning of the conditions, but the css-writing-mode spec describes as follows: (see [the original text](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-writing-modes-4/#horizontal-block-flow))
> To avoid confusion, CSS specifications avoid using the set of of terms, {up, right, down, left}-ward.
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