> On Oct 23, 2013, at 7:05 AM, "Robert O'Callahan" <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: >> This use-case is fine, but its related family of "show an ellipsis at >> a particular part of the visible area" isn't addressed by it, and >> would need to specially handled anyway. That is, the common request >> of "show an ellipsis in the middle, with the start and end displayed" >> needs a specialized control anyway. I wouldn't want to sell the >> true/safe ability based on this use-case. > > "show in the middle" is much more difficult to spec and implement than David's use-case. So I wouldn't choose to tie those together. A mechanism to show in middle/left/right was discussed not too long ago on this list: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2013Aug/0298.html
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