Re: [css3-multicol] column overflow

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote:

> Also sprach Robert O'Callahan:
>
>  > So here's a completely different proposal: overflow-mode:paginate.
>  >
>  > The idea: if an element has overflow-mode:paginate and would have a
>  > scrollbar in the block-progression-direction, instead of a regular
> scrollbar
>  > presentation, paginate the content into individual "pagelets" and show
> page
>  > navigation UI instead of the block-progression-direction scrollbar.
>
> I like it. I think there's much to gain by making more page-oriented
> presentations on screen.
>
> How would it solve the problem at hand, though, if it only has an
> effect when scrollbars would otherwise appear. The multicol elements
> I'm trying to change don't have scrollbars in the block direction.
>

Like so:
div {
  column-width: 20em;
  max-height: 200px; /* or 100%, or whatever */
  overflow: auto;
  overflow-mode: paginate;
}

Rob
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