- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:54:55 +0200
- To: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
On 17/05/2012 03:04, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > Issue link: http://wiki.csswg.org/topics/css3-flexbox-painting-order > > The 'flex-order' property “reorders” flexbox items, allowing them to > display independently of their source order. > > Does this reordering affect painting order? That is, given the following markup: > > <flexbox> <a style=“flex-order:2;”>foo</a> <b > style=“flex-order:1;”>bar</b> </flexbox> > > If the<b> child overlaps the<a> child, should it paint above (that > is, according to its source order) or below (according to its display > order)? > > A. 'flex-order' affects the painting order - items moved earlier paint > underneath items moved later. > > B. 'flex-order' has no effect on painting order - the original source > order determines whether things are painted above/below others. > > WebKit's implementation chooses option A, and I think this is sanest - > as much as possible, the reordering should act exactly like it was > *always* in that order. I also prefer A. It's closer to what Regions will have to do, I think. Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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