RE: [css3-flexbox] resolving flexible lengths

> From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Tab Atkins Jr.
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:27 AM
> 
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > I like this much better. This way positive and negative flex will never mix in one
> result, and you achieve the goal of min-width to limit the final outcome, not
> distribution.
> 
> Glad you're happy about it!
> 

Why is min-width the limiting factor here and not max(min-width, minimum-preferred-width) ? In such cases the flex is already overconstrained causing an overflow, so why not respect the minimum size of the content?

Rossen

Received on Friday, 21 October 2011 00:04:28 UTC