- From: Kevin Babbitt via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:48:03 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
Met again today with @tabatkins @oSamDavis @jav099 @alisonmaher @mhochk. We're pretty sure Option 3 is the right path forward, maybe modulo some further bikeshedding. The concern about "dangling" being not native English friendly was discussed. What I heard from @oSamDavis @jav099 is that they were most familiar with the word from "dangling pointers" and that concept may not be familiar to Web authors, but also that when put next to "intersecting" it did make sense in context. For lack of a term that's as clear and concise as "dangling" I think we should move forward with it, but I also posted a call for other suggestions: https://bsky.app/profile/kevinbcmu.bsky.social/post/3miz2pbmpps2y ----- One other point we discussed was ordering of the words. There are two options here. If we drop in "dangling" and "intersecting" as direct replacements for the current "edge" and "interior" we get: ```css /* longhands */ [column|row]-rule-dangling-inset-start [column|row]-rule-dangling-inset-end [column|row]-rule-intersecting-inset-start [column|row]-rule-intersecting-inset-end /* start and end shorthands */ [column|row]-rule-inset-start [column|row]-rule-inset-end /* intersecting and dangling shorthands */ [column|row]-rule-dangling-inset [column|row]-rule-intersecting-inset /* universal shorthands */ [column|row]-rule-inset ``` It was suggested that we move `intersecting|dangling` next to `start|end`: ```css /* longhands */ [column|row]-rule-inset-dangling-start [column|row]-rule-inset-dangling-end [column|row]-rule-inset-intersecting-start [column|row]-rule-inset-intersecting-end /* start and end shorthands */ [column|row]-rule-inset-start [column|row]-rule-inset-end /* dangling and intersecting shorthands */ [column|row]-rule-inset-dangling [column|row]-rule-inset-intersecting /* universal shorthands */ [column|row]-rule-inset ``` I'm happy with this reordering; it more closely matches other shorthanding patterns and keeps the "root" property name `rule-inset` together. -- GitHub Notification of comment by kbabbitt Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13697#issuecomment-4209156593 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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