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

± From: Tab Atkins Jr. [mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com] 
± Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:24 PM
± 
± > Fallback of "treat 'baseline' as 'center'" made sense in old spec 
± that didn't have per-item alignment and wasn't writing-mode friendly 
± either. Now baseline alignment simply always works...
± 
± No, baseline still doesn't work if the item's baseline is 
± perpendicular to the main axis.  What can it align with?  This is 
± guaranteed to happen if you use a column flexbox and the items have 
± the same writing mode as the flexbox.  This is the *normal* case for 
± column flexboxes.  ^_^

If there was a baseline from vertical text, it would make sense to align the "after" edge of content box with the baseline - that's what would happen in text, right?

If there is no vertical text, there is no clear way to decide where is "after", so I guess center is a better choice.

But if there is a baseline, let's say horizontal to make it simpler, we will put images on the baseline, right?

Received on Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:47:49 UTC