Re: [css3-multicol] column balancing and fixed height (RE: Question on Flexbox balance implementation) from Robert O'Callahan on 2010-08-10 (www-style@w3.org from August 2010)

From: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:35:39 +1200
To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
Cc: Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@microsoft.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>, Chris Jones <cjon@microsoft.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinBLBBVF45d+rXi7FOJ=SeWBiAukDuRejEWcz1Y@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote:

> Hmm. I don't see why columns shouldn't be balanced when the height is
> set.
>

It's a historical thing. In Gecko at least, we haven't implemented
column-fill yet, so our trigger for column balancing is still height:auto.

Rob
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