- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:27:09 +0200
- To: www-style@w3.org
On 17/05/2012 03:22, fantasai wrote: > On 05/16/2012 05:55 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> Issue link: http://wiki.csswg.org/topics/css3-flexbox-rename-flex-order >> >> Should we rename the 'flex-order' property? Its functionality may be >> useful in other new layout specs, such as in Grid's auto-layout >> algorithm (which is basically a simple version of Flexbox), so putting >> it under a “flex-” prefix wouldn't be good. As well, 'flex-order' >> might be a good name in the future for putting elements in “flex >> groups”, such that one group gets first crack at the free space ahead >> of other (in the old flexbox spec, this was called 'box-flex-group'). >> >> (There are no plans right now to make this applicable to existing >> layout modes like block or table. It would simply have no effect in >> those.) >> >> A. (current spec) Name it 'flex-order'. >> >> B. Name it 'box-order'. >> >> C. Name it 'display-order'. >> >> I prefer C. > > My preference depends on whether it affects z-order, since > I think C. implies that it does. Of the three options, I prefer C, despite fantasai's concern. The fact that z-index uses "index" and display-order uses "order" reduces the confusion, I think. Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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