Re: [css3-regions] more feedback

On 5/16/11 8:41 PM, "Alex Mogilevsky" <alexmog@microsoft.com> wrote:

>± -----Original Message-----
>± From: Vincent Hardy [mailto:vhardy@adobe.com]
>± Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:33 PM
>± 
>± One clarification below.
>± 
>± I was focusing on the applicability of 'content: from()' to inline
>± elements when I wrote this but did not mean to say no to having use
>cases
>± for regions separate from paginated content (thanks Alan for pointing
>out
>± that my response was unclear).
>± 
>± For example, you might want to have multiple columns of various widths
>at
>± the top of the document and then have the rest flow in a single div.
>± 
>± Also, you could imaging having pull-out quotes throughout the document
>± (even though this might require additional features, like the ability to
>± have regions only take one item [here, a quote], from the flow at a
>time).
>
>It is a tradeoff between a more narrow spec that is easier to implement
>and broader one that is thought through beyond v.1...
>
>I believe we tend to put more narrow definition in normative spec
>(required for all implementations) and suggest extended options in
>non-normative language.
>
>For example:
>
>    "content:from()" applies to block-level elements. UA may apply
>    that to inline elements; precise behavior is undefined in that
>    case, but is generally expected to be similar to that of inline
>    :before and :after pseudo-elements.
>
>It doesn't sounds very exact, and it isn't, but it includes non-normative
>guidance for UAs willing to experiment with extended functionality...

Understood. That would be an ok way to go about it for now, as far as I am
concerned. I can add that proposal to the issue.
Vincent

Received on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 15:43:46 UTC