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Re: [css3-multicol] page-break-inside and columns

From: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:02:50 +0100
Message-ID: <49DDABAA.4060200@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
To: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
CC: www-style <www-style@w3.org>


Sylvain Galineau wrote:

> Yes to the naming consistency. But wouldn't the author still want to combine some of these 'flags' together e.g. 
> 
> page-break-inside: avoid-column, avoid-page;
> 
> Such multivalue expressions would of course not be backward compatible but the other options currently on the table are not either afaik.

I like the idea, but not the name : "page-break-inside"
should restrict its domain to pages, as its name implies;
"break-inside" could take values such as "avoid-column"
and "avoid-page" without introducing a conflict between
attribute name and allowed values.

Philip TAYLOR
Received on Thursday, 9 April 2009 08:03:33 UTC

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