- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:13:26 -0700
- To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Cc: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Apr 25, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote: > Also sprach Brad Kemper: > >> I mentioned it in another thread full of other points, but how do >> you feel about making 'overflow-x' and 'overflow-y' be based on >> writing mode, so that 'overflow-x' overflowed to the left for >> vertical-rl writing? > > +1 > > This matches Opera's intent, if not implementation (as Presto doesn't > support vertical writing). > >> If there are compatibility concerns, this behavior could be >> switched on with a separate property, such as 'overflow-behavior: >> logical | physical', or something like that. > > I'd like to avoid such switches as they create more interdependencies. > It's better to have names/values where the meaning is self-evident. > For example, 'text-indent' depends on the writing direction, while > 'margin-left' doesn't. So, do you think compatibility with existing overflow-x and overflow-y using vertical writing mode in the wild is not a big concern? Or do you think there should be two new, better-named properties, such as 'overflow-inline' and 'overflow-block'?
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