Re: [css3-multicol] column overflow

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:56 PM, David Hyatt <hyatt@apple.com> wrote:

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> On Oct 17, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote:
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>  How about:
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>>  overflow-style: pages
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>> on the root element.
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>> We could add it to this draft:
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>>  http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-box/#overflow-style
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> What's the reasoning behind restricting it to the root element?


Restricting it to the root element would eliminate a large amount of
worthwhile use cases.  Having a block in the middle of the page with
paginated content is actually something that I want, not just for this case,
but for many others.

~TJ