[css3-writing-modes][cssom-view] scrollIntoView in vertical flow

A friend of mine found that scrollIntoView[1] doesn't work when principal writing mode is vertical, because the spec assumes text flows top to bottom, which is not true for vertical flow. He was developing a JavaScript to highlight text being read by SMIL[2].

I think we need to apply dimensional mapping[3] to CSSOM View. "Scroll an element into view"[4] must be logicalized. Whether to logicalize properties such as clientTop might need discussions. I think practical answer is to logicalize them as well because physical means many scripts must be re-written to run well in vertical flow, and I can't imagine good use of these properties as physical.

Thoughts?

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/cssom-view/#dom-element-scrollintoview
[2] http://www.epubcafe.jp/egls/epubcon01a/0101
[3] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-writing-modes/#dimension-mapping
[4] http://www.w3.org/TR/cssom-view/#scroll-an-element-into-view

Regards,
Koji

Received on Monday, 2 January 2012 15:13:38 UTC