audio elements in vertical writing mode

Hi all,

I have been actioned [1][2] with contacting TTWG on behalf of the W3C I18N WG asking if anyone has experience dealing with media elements in vertical writing mode. The issue comes from a Chinese Layout Task Force meeting [3].

Currently, the audio element takes up a lot of horizontal space when the content of a web page flows vertically, as you can see in these two demos (block and inline):

  * https://xfq.github.io/testing/i18n-personal-tests/audio-vertical-block.html
  * https://xfq.github.io/testing/i18n-personal-tests/audio-vertical-inline.html

And this behavior don't look right obviously. The issue itself is unrelated to media captioning, but we think that some of you may be experts who can comment on this because of your work on media. Any comment on what should audio elements look like in vertical writing mode? Should they be rotate 90 degrees? How should the volume/seeking/pause/resume controls be presented?

Thanks,
Fuqiao Xue, Team Contact of W3C I18N WG

[1] https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/849
[2] https://www.w3.org/2019/12/12-i18n-minutes.html#item07
[3] https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/337

Received on Friday, 13 December 2019 15:01:13 UTC