- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:09:50 +0100
- To: MURAKAMI Shinyu <murakami@antenna.co.jp>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Also sprach MURAKAMI Shinyu:
> I think we need new properties such as the following:
>
> Name: margin-before-conditionality, margin-after-conditionality
> Value: discard-at-break | discard | retain
> Initial: discard-at-break
> Inherited: no
> Applies to: block-level elements
>
> The 'margin-before-conditionality' affects the leading margin
> (margin-top if block-progression is top-to-bottom) and the
> 'margin-after-conditionality' affects the trailing margin
> (margin-bottom if block-progression is top-to-bottom).
This looks complex, and I don't really like inter-dependent properties.
Instead, I suggest encouraging authors to use 'padding' when if the
don't want to see space discarded, and 'margin' otherwise.
> > > 3. Margins at beginning of multi-column content will be set to zero?
> >
> > No.
> ^^^^^
> > > 3. Margins at beginning of multi-column content will be set to zero?
> > > Firefox=Yes
> > > Safari=No
> > > Prince=Yes
> > > PDFreactor=? (multi-column not yet supported)
> >
> > This should definitely be yes.
> ^^^^
> Correct?
As you can see, I'm torn :)
Following the principle above, I do think margins should be discarded
in case of doubt -- my vote is yes.
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª
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