Re: [css3-lists] list-style-position behavior

>> 2. I think that the HTML5 default stylesheet should have li
>> {text-align:match-parent}. [...]
>> There is additional pressure to reach a decision about [this], since it
is
>> something that needs to make its way into the HTML5 spec.

> Agreed, though this isn't something I can do in the Lists spec - it
> requires 'match-parent' to be added to 'text-align'.

match-parent is already in the CSS3 spec of text-align:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-css3-text-20101005/#text-align

Aharon

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Aharon (Vladimir) Lanin
> <aharon@google.com> wrote:
> > I think it would help matters to actually demo how different combinations
> of
> > list-style-position and text-align would behave under Tab's proposal, or
> at
> > least my understanding of it. I am attaching three screenshots - one for
> > inside, one for outside, and one for hanging. They are simulated, of
> course,
> > so if I am mistaken, please correct me.
>
> Very nice!  Yes, these diagrams correctly illustrate what happens for
> each value.
>
>
> > Please note that I am assuming that Tab meant that with
> > list-style-position:outside, not only would the marker show up on the
> start
> > side of list container's direction (not the item's direction), but the
> > marker text would be displayed in the list container's direction (not the
> > item's direction). With inside and hanging, the marker is displayed in
> the
> > item's direction. The difference is significant ("1." vs ".1").
>
> Ah, I didn't think of that (letting list-style-position affect the
> directionality of the marker).  Good idea.
>
>
> > Some observations about the results:
> > 1. I hope that the intent is to have one default across all browsers,
> > despite history. Furthermore, the existing mess affecting bidi documents
> > will not be fixed unless that default is (or, nominally, stays) "outside"
> > (with the now precisely defined meaning).
>
> Yes, of course.
>
>
> > 2. I think that the HTML5 default stylesheet should have li
> > {text-align:match-parent}. It only makes a difference for list items
> whose
> > direction is opposite to the list, but for them it is what works best
> (for
> > most tastes and cases) with list-style-position:outside. Those who prefer
> to
> > use list-style-position:hanging with bidi lists would probably prefer li
> > {text-align:start}, but I think that they are in the minority, and have
> to
> > explicitly set up padding on both sides anyway, so it should not be a big
> > deal to also specify li {text-align:start}.
> > There is additional pressure to reach a decision about 2, since it is
> > something that needs to make its way into the HTML5 spec.
>
> Agreed, though this isn't something I can do in the Lists spec - it
> requires 'match-parent' to be added to 'text-align'.
>
> ~TJ
>