Re: [css-flexbox] min-height/min-width auto in spec or not?

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Daniel Holbert <dholbert@mozilla.com> wrote:
> On 10/30/2014 05:11 PM, Moonchild wrote:
>> According to some past communication from Mozilla, this keyword was
>> being removed from the spec. But the current "last call" Working
>> Draft for this spec has it included, and it is also in the test
>> suites. (Par 4.5)
>
> It *was* removed, but then it was added back (about a year later, I
> think), with some modifications to address the concerns that had
> caused it to be removed in the first place.
>
>> Can you please provide clarity if this is likely going to be
>> included in the final spec for flexboxes or not, so I know if i
>> should implement this or not?
>
> I think there's pretty much no chance the spec would get such a huge
> change as removing that keyword at this point -- it's been in there
> for a while, and it's needed or else it wouldn't have been added back.
>
> Also, the currently-specced behavior is already implemented in Gecko
> (Firefox 34) and IE (tech preview). It's not implemented in Blink
> (https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=426898 ) or I
> think in WebKit, but that's only because they haven't gotten to it
> yet; not due to any objections or anything like that, as far as I know.

Correct, there haven't been any objections, just a lack of
implementation so far.

~TJ

Received on Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:46:18 UTC