- From: Tim Bagot <tsb-w3-style-0003@earth.li>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 13:07:27 +0000 (UTC)
- To: <www-style@w3.org>
At 2001-07-07T20:44-0500, fantasai wrote:- > text-block-indent is inside the border, so it can't be > equivalent to margin-left. It is not equivalent to > padding-left because > > a) As I said, "Indentation is always on the starting > side of the text. (left for ltr, right for rtl)" > whereas padding is given an absolute side. Using > padding-left for indentation causes problems with > rtl scripts. Aha. This is a very good point. I think there is an argument here for some, if not all, left/right/top/bottom properties to be complemented by start/end/before/after versions, à la XSL. Borders and box offsets are certainly candidates, IMO. Similarly, this is probably also relevant for properties such as float, clear, width/height, etc. (Following some careful thought, I am also convinced on the remaining points, but have nothing to add.) Tim Bagot
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