- From: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:49:09 -0700
- To: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Bert Bos wrote: > Somebody asked me for a way to "shrink-wrap" a box around its content > that is different from the three ways we are currently planning. I > haven't thought about it yet, but I want to make sure it gets archived. > ... > > The four intrinsic sizes would give text that looks like this: > > 1) min-content: > <-------------------------> > A > paragraph > of text > that > doesn't > fit on > one line. > <!------> > > 2) max-content: > <-------------------------> > A paragraph of text that doesn't fit on one line. > <-----------------------------------------------> > > 3) fit-content: > <-------------------------> > A paragraph of text that > doesn't fit on one line. > <-------------------------> > > 4) fit and then shrink more: > <-------------------------> > A paragraph of text that > doesn't fit on one line. > <----------------------> > > I don't know exactly what this is supposed to do in all cases, but the > effect should be more or less as if the box was laid out as > for 'fit-content' and then shrunk more without increasing the height. > > > > Bert > > I suspect this is about flex units [1] again. 1) width: min-content; 2) width: max-content; 3) width: 1*; min-width: min-content; max-width: max-content; 4) width: 0.7*; min-width: min-content; max-width: max-content; So your 'more' in 'fit and then shrink more' is 0.7 or 0.8 or whatever. [1] http://www.terrainformatica.com/w3/flex-layout/flex-layout.htm -- Andrew Fedoniouk. http://terrainformatica.com
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