Re: [flex-units] unit abbreviations and the flex() from Brad Kemper on 2010-05-28 (www-style@w3.org from May 2010)

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:24:14 -0700
To: Zack Weinberg <zweinberg@mozilla.com>
Cc: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>, W3C Emailing list for WWW Style <www-style@w3.org>
Message-Id: <013E092C-23FD-4469-9127-907AA1DC3491@gmail.com>

On May 27, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Zack Weinberg <zweinberg@mozilla.com>  
wrote:

>> I disagree, because it is only when the space in the
>> width of the container is too constrained that all the flex widths
>> all get narrower than their intrinsic or set widths.
>
> That the confusing behavior only happens under rare circumstances
> does not excuse the confusing behavior.

It's not confusing if you expect it and count on it because it is  
sometimes what you want. There Is always 'min-width' for the other  
times.

Received on Friday, 28 May 2010 05:24:54 UTC