- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:18 -0700
- To: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Cc: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, Tony Chang <tony@chromium.org>
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
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