- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:02:21 -0700
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:33 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > The Display Value > =============== > > Fantasai and Anton don't like the term "flexbox", as they think it's > misleading, since it's really the children that are flexible - the > container element is just a container and is not flexible in and of > itself normally. They don't have a good suggestion for an alternate > name, though. > > Ojan recommends shortening the name further to just "flex", to match > the prefix that all the spec's properties have. I like 'flex-group' for the item containing the flexors, and avoiding overuse of the word "box". 'flex-group' (or 'flex-parent') is more descriptive of what it is.
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