- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:13:39 +0200
- To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:13:16 +0200, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote: > Simon Pieters wrote: > > > Consider a multicol element with a column rule that extends outside > the > > element. If an ancestor has overflow:auto set, and the column rule > extends > > outside that ancestor as well, should the rule just be clipped or > should > > it cause the ancestor to gain a scrollbar? Opera/Firefox/Chrome just > clip. > > I'm not sure how this is handled in the spec currently, if at all. > > > > http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/2207 > > The spec says: > > Column rules do not take up space. That is, the presence or > thickness of a column rule will not alter the placement of anything > else. If a column rule is wider than its gap, the adjacent column > boxes will overlap the rule, and the rule may possibly extend > outside the box of the multicol element. > > http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-multicol/#column-gaps-and-rules > > I think "does not alter the placement of anything else" implies that > scrollbars should not be added. OK. -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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