Re: [css3-flexbox]Percentage max-width, min-width of flex container's item etc. against indefinite size of the flex container from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2012-07-02 (www-style@w3.org from July 2012)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:41:27 -0700
To: Sławomir Domagała <godlark.sd@gmail.com>
Cc: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDD_SKDsRqC45dKVmy3YD-3wBpswg82wZDso0R-eVZ3DFA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Sławomir Domagała <godlark.sd@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have doubts
> 1. If max-width, min-width of flex container's item is <percentage>
> and flex container has indefinite size, should the property be
> ignored? Or should percentage be used against size of available
> cross/main space (mentioned at #line-sizing)?
> 2. If these proporties are ignored at point one, are they used at
> #resolve-flexible-lengths (step 5)?

Percentage widths and heights, when applied to an indefinite size, are
officially undefined, as specified by CSS 2.1.  Hopefully we'll fix
that in the future.

~TJ

Received on Monday, 2 July 2012 17:42:14 UTC