RE: [css3-grid-layout] Renaming auto grid properties

I like flow over add.  I was writing up a response that compared flex-flow to grid-flow... I like the similarity.

Also note that grid-flow: rows currently means search over all the rows in column 1 looking for a spot, then move to column 2 and search all rows and repeat adding new columns as necessary until we find a free spot to place the grid item.  If the name changes so we write grid-auto-add: rows instead, I think the name implies that we will add new rows as necessary so we should be searching columns first.  I prefer to define the direction of the flow so +1 for grid-auto-flow.

The other two property name changes I like.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Mogilevsky [mailto:alexmog@microsoft.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:41 AM
To: fantasai; www-style@w3.org
Subject: RE: [css3-grid-layout] Renaming auto grid properties

± From: fantasai [mailto:fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net]
± Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8:34 AM ± ± I suggest renaming ± 
±    - grid-flow to grid-auto-add
±    - grid-column-sizing to grid-auto-columns
±    - grid-row-sizing to grid-auto-rows
±
± resulting in
± 
±    grid-auto-add: none | rows | columns
±    grid-auto-columns: <size of automatically-added columns>
±    grid-auto-rows:    <size of automatically-added rows>

How about 'grid-auto-flow' instead of '-add' ?

   grid-auto-flow: none | rows | columns
   grid-auto-columns: <size of automatically-added columns>
   grid-auto-rows:    <size of automatically-added rows>

Received on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 19:48:16 UTC