Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-multicol] [css-align] Should `row-gap: normal` in multicol have a used value of 1em or 0? (#11539)

The CSS Working Group just discussed ``[css-multicol] [css-align] Should `row-gap: normal` in multicol have a used value of 1em or 0?``, and agreed to the following:

* `RESOLVED: in multicol, both row-gap and column-gap 'normal' resolves to 1em`

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&lt;TabAtkins> rachelandrew: hope this is straightforward<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> rachelandrew: multicol has gap between columns. for history, resolves to 1em<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> rachelandrew: as we're doing the row gap...<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> rachelandrew: in grid and flex the gap defaults to 0<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> rachelandrew: shoudl we go with 1em to match columnn gap in multicol?<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> q+<br>
&lt;kbabbitt> q+<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> rachelandrew: I think 1em seems most logical<br>
&lt;fantasai> +1 to 1em<br>
&lt;florian> +1 to 1em<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> rachelandrew: don't see why you'd want zero gap<br>
&lt;astearns> ack kbabbitt<br>
&lt;fantasai> scribe+<br>
&lt;astearns> ack TabAtkins<br>
&lt;kbabbitt> +1 to 1em<br>
&lt;fantasai> TabAtkins: Agree to stick with 1em in particular for multicol, you're not guaranteed to have an obvious visual separation -- it's just text lines<br>
&lt;bkardell_> +1<br>
&lt;fantasai> TabAtkins: need to know that's a fresh set for columns<br>
&lt;kizu> +q<br>
&lt;fantasai> TabAtkins: whereas in flex/grid, often there's some visual separation among items<br>
&lt;astearns> ack kizu<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> kizu: what about 1lh?<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> kizu: often when you separate paragraphs, if you want to follow vertical rhythm use 1lh between them<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> kizu: tho if you have this style of design, 1em might be smaller than the separation between paragraphs<br>
&lt;astearns> 1lh makes sense to me<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> kizu: you probably want it at least as large<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> iank_: I think the downside is most devs expect the gap to be consistent between axises<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> iank_: so "yes, but..." since column-gap is already 1em<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> iank_: so matching is more sensible to me<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> (agreed)<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> astearns: I think typographically I"d probably want more than 1lh, so 1em is fine, i'll change it anyway<br>
&lt;kbabbitt> as long as it's not 0 I think it's good<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> astearns: so proposal is we have a consistent 1em default gap in multicol<br>
&lt;florian> +1<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> RESOLVED: in multicol, both row-gap and column-gap 'normal' resolves to 1em<br>
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