- From: Florian Rivoal via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:42:41 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
frivoal has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts: == [css-overflow-4] subgrid obviates the need for `scrollbar-gutter: force` == `scrollbar-gutter: force` was proposed to reserve the same amount of space in a non scrolling element as the gutter would in an adjacent scrolling element, for the purpose of lining things up visually. See [example 15 in the spec](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-4/#example-c34bfad2). However, this value has been controversial, for a variety of reasons, some listed in the spec, such as [issue 45](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-4/#issue-271e4cf4) or [issue 46](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-4/#issue-61a17faa). I think subgrid solves the same problem, in a much more robust manner, and we can therefore drop the proposal for `scrollbar-gutter: force`. Here's a little bit of sample code demonstrating it: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?saved=12282 <table> <thead> <tr><th>Overlay scrollbars<th>Classic scrollbars<th>Classic scrollbars with overflow:auto and no overflow <tbody> <tr> <td> <img src="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/assets/113268/b547277e-7dce-4e8d-bfae-35a913913f6a"> <td> <img src="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/assets/113268/227c2e72-73c0-455b-90f0-f419c281cbdf"> <td>  </table> Everything aligns just as you'd want, regardless of overlay vs classic, overflow or not, scrollbar gutter or not… So, since the use case that `scrollbar-gutter: force` was meant for looks solved, I propose we drop it. Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/9815 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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