Re: [css3-flexbox] flexbox algorithm and writing modes

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@microsoft.com> wrote:
> ± From: Tab Atkins Jr. [mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com]
> ± Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:02 AM
> ±
> ± > Perhaps you refer to baselines? Column-direction flexbox always treats
> ± 'baseline' alignment as 'center', while its children can have baselines in block
> ± direction. We should fix that.
> ± >
> ±
> ± I believe fantasai and I have fixed all of the places where this occurred.  It
> ± was mostly just in the "hypothetical main size of items"
> ± step, because that ends up invoking some subtle behavior with a lot of possible
> ± combinations.
>
> Great!
>
> We should still fix baseline in column direction, don't you think?

I don't see the problem in current spec - the only check done is to
ensure that the items' baselines are parallel to the main axis.  So, a
horizontal writing mode flexbox set to column, but filled with
vertical japanese, can baseline-align its items.

(And items that fail that check are start-aligned, not center-aligned.)

~TJ