Re: [css3-box] Issue with the current shrink to fit algorithm from Boris Zbarsky on 2010-10-29 (www-style@w3.org from October 2010)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:13:05 -0400
To: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
CC: WWW Style <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4CCA49D1.2030001@mit.edu>

On 10/28/10 4:49 PM, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> So the idea is to do a _partial_ layout on the first pass, considering
> the pct-width components only for their contribution to the width of
> lines they influence, and then doing a second pass that does the
> actual layout for the parts that were not laid out during the first
> pass, that only involves taking widths and splitting.

And moving around floats.  And redoing your heights and hence your 
margin collapsing.  So in other words, redoing most of the expensive 
parts of block layout....

-Boris

Received on Friday, 29 October 2010 04:13:40 UTC