- From: Peter Linss <peter.linss@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:08:04 -0700
- To: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Ojan Vafai <ojan@chromium.org>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Apr 2, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Ojan Vafai <ojan@chromium.org> wrote: >> I'm confused, why do we allow multiple names for a single line? I agree that >> the parentheses syntax is better if we want to allow that, but the confusion >> of what this does outweighs the benefits of being able to have multiple >> names for a line. > > Because a single line can mean multiple things in different contexts. > For example, the leftmost line could be the "start" line, but also the > "main-left" line, used to position the main content element. If you > moved the main content around, you'd move its line, but not anything > positioned relative to the "start" line. It's also an important feature that lets you change the grid (say based on a media query) without changing the definition of where everything falls within/on it. What may be two (or more) different lines in one grid may be the same line in another layout. Peter
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