- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:28:17 +0200
- To: fantasai <fantasai@escape.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
* fantasai wrote:
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-css3-box-20010726/
> |
> | 'Margin-inside' and 'margin-outside' are aliases for 'margin-left'
> | or 'margin-right', depending on the current medium:
> | * in paged media [link], 'margin-inside' sets 'margin-left' for
> | those parts of an element that fall on a right-hand page and
> | 'margin-right' for the parts on a left-hand page. 'Margin-outside'
> | is the reverse.
> | * in other media, 'margin-inside' is an alias for 'margin-left' and
> | 'margin-outside' for 'margin-right'.
> | Note: "inside" refers to the side of a page close to the binding,
> | "outside" to the side where the book opens.
> |
> | [Do we really need margin-inside & margin-outside, or is 'page:left'
> | enough?]
>
>I think margin-inside/margin-outside would only be useful for
>the outermost element in printed material.
I.e. they would only apply to the :root { } element, but I think it
would be simpler to give margin-left/margin-right different semantics
depending on the page setting as noted above.
>margin-start and margin-end would be very helpful, though. :)
I am note sure what these properties are supposed to define? Margins
start at the border and end at margin <length>.
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