Re: [css3-text] line break opportunities are based on *syllable* boundaries? from Ambrose LI on 2011-01-30 (www-international@w3.org from January to March 2011)

From: Ambrose LI <ambrose.li@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:55:04 -0500
To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
Cc: www-style@w3.org, www-international@w3.org
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=_D+AwLO3sZA3zh73_Ha-CP3PtWqgU5-uGDU9t@mail.gmail.com>

2011/1/30 Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>:
> I don't follow this.  white-space:nowrap (in CSS2.1) and text-wrap:none (in
> CSS3 text, where white-space:nowrap is a shorthand that sets text-wrap:none)
> work on all characters and all elements, last I checked.

But they don't work on in-line elements, unless this is no longer the
case in CSS3. These properties are quite useless (even for non-CJK
use, IMHO) unless they work also on inline elements.


-- 
cheers,
-ambrose

Received on Sunday, 30 January 2011 16:56:37 UTC