Re: Controlling size of a tab character (U+0009)

fantasai wrote:

> 
> This property definition seems pretty reasonable to me. I agree that
> the value should be an integer and not a length and that it should be
> inherited.

When the font size changes, (or other properties that affect the 
character width of the reference character) in a sub-element, is the 
physical width computed pro-rata to the number of characters at each size?

If not, is the origin for the tabs reset to the start of the 
sub-element, or left relative to the beginning of the containing block 
element?

I'm assuming that a tab isn't just a macro for n spaces, as that doesn't 
seem a reasonable interpretation.

Unlike line-height, where using absolute numbers is very desirable, if 
under-used, tabs are processed in the direction of composition, rather 
than orthogonal to it.


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Received on Tuesday, 9 December 2008 07:33:51 UTC