- From: Tab Atkins Jr. via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:57:31 +0000
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> (1) the spec is defining "start" in terms of itself ("the start edge"), which isn't especially illuminating. :)
Well that's not circular, it's just straightforward. The "start" keyword aligns you to the start side. ^_^
> (2) for a flexbox, the current spec text definition could be misinterpreted as meaning "the main-start or cross-start edge"
Right, Writing Modes is clear that the "start" direction can only refer to block-start or inline-start; all other logical directions must be prefixed with their axis.
While we could add more detail here, we use the unprefixed "start" and "end" terms *thruout* the specs, and I'd prefer not to have to expand every single one of them to say "inline-start or block-start"; the purpose of the shorthand in the first place was to make things more readable. Maybe we can just linkify harder?
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