Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-gaps] Multicol: Allow column rules to go through row gaps created by `wrap` (#13453)

We have definitely had author requests for different column sizes, however these predate the ability to wrap onto new rows.

It's probably too early to say whether people will want different sized columns on a row by row basis given that the implementation has only recently gone into Chrome stable. My thinking around different size columns however, was to make them use a track listing (so akin to grid, rather than flex) which would mean that the columns in each row were the same. My hesitation around that is due to magazine style layouts where you could have a multiple page article, which uses different column sizes (I can imagine people wanting to imitate that type of layout on the web using wrapped columns).

I think as long as the default isn't that the rules cross row gaps I'm ok with this being closed with no change. If we end up with different width columns per row, using the option to cross gaps would essentially make no sense so we'd have to decide what happens if someone gets themself into that situation.

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