- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:22:31 +0200
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>, Jack Smiley <zxcv_890@hotmail.com>
On 08/04/2011 22:16, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Sylvain Galineau<sylvaing@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> [Anton Prowse:] >>> >>> That was rather careless. How about: ...if it had position:static and >>> non-auto margin-left, in ltr mode; and in rtl mode it's the top-right >>> corners and margin-right that we consider. >>> >>>> This should probably be made a little clearer in the spec. >>> >> I'm interested in understanding why the canvas origin needs to be defined >> to change with direction. What properties depend on this switch ? > > If the ICB is wider than the viewport, the excess has to overflow the > viewport in one direction or another. You want it to overflow to the > right in ltr, and to the left in rtl. I think Tab meant to say that if the _root element's margin box_ is wider than the viewport, then you have to decide which side overflows the ICB and which doesn't. But that's what I was getting at by distinguishing the two modes, yes. Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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