On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Morten Stenshorne <mstensho@opera.com>wrote: > >> My first question is: What is the desired behavior in this situation? We > >> should probably adjust the spec to account for this type of situation. > > I'm not sure. The Presto behavior (don't break unbreakable content; just > overflow at the bottom of the column) is nice if overflow is actually > visible, which is the case for regular multicol, but not so nice if > overflow is hidden and unreachable, e.g. for paged media or > overflow:paged. > > While it may be ugly to brutally slice unbreakable content, at least > what WebKit does can be done consistently for all kinds of fragmented > content, regardless of it being multicol, paged media or regions, since > it guarantees that everything will be visible and reachable somehow. > The issues around visual slicing were analyzed in this thread: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2013Mar/0057.html It sort of petered out, but it would probably be better to extend that thread rather than repeat it. Rob -- Jtehsauts tshaei dS,o n" Wohfy Mdaon yhoaus eanuttehrotraiitny eovni le atrhtohu gthot sf oirng iyvoeu rs ihnesa.r"t sS?o Whhei csha iids teoa stiheer :p atroa lsyazye,d 'mYaonu,r "sGients uapr,e tfaokreg iyvoeunr, 'm aotr atnod sgaoy ,h o'mGee.t" uTph eann dt hwea lmka'n? gBoutt uIp waanndt wyeonut thoo mken.o w * *
Received on Friday, 16 August 2013 22:00:37 UTC