Re: [css3-flexbox] flex-basis initial value should be 0px

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 23, 2012, at 1:48 AM, "Anton Prowse" <prowse@moonhenge.net> wrote:
>> But am I alone in thinking that toolbars etc are not going to be the most
>> common use of flexbox (by a long shot)?  Unless I'm missing some other
>> layout system that does it better, IMO flexbox will be predominantly used
>> to build horizontal navigation menus, with varying-sized text items.
>
> Isn't that use case already handled pretty well by 'display:table-cell'?

Not really.  Using display:table-cell is approximately equal to using
flexbox with "flex: 1 auto;".  If you want any other behavior, it's
more difficult.

~TJ

Received on Saturday, 26 May 2012 19:01:08 UTC