- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 08:58:37 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Afternoon <afternoon@uk2.net>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Afternoon wrote: > > For aligning blocks within blocks macro properties, I think something > like the following was suggested a couple of weeks back and seems ideal > to me: > > block-align: center = margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; > block-align: left = margin-left:0; margin-right:auto; > block-align: right = margin-left:auto; margin-right:0; You can do this now with just: centering: margin: auto; left: margin: 0; right: margin-left: auto; I don't really see the value of having "macro" propoerties, especially if they're going to be longer than the equivalent existing CSS1. > How could the block being aligned be instructed to shrink wrap it's > contents? Is this the intent of the proposed "intrinsic" and > "min-instrinsic" keywords for the width property. If so, excellent. Pretty much. -- Ian Hickson )\._.,--....,'``. fL "meow" /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. http://index.hixie.ch/ `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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