[SVG2][css-inline] vertical-align, baseline-shift, alignment-baseline, dominant-baseline

• From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
• Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 21:58:23 -0700
• To: www-svg <www-svg@w3.org>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
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Action plan for getting these specced across CSS and SVG:

A. Work on definitions in SVG2 by
     1. Adding vertical-align
     2. Defining vertical-align as a shorthand of baseline-shift
        and alignment-baseline
     3. Being clear that dominant-baseline is not a longhand of
        vertical-align.
B. Synchronize CSS Inline Layout with SVG2 in this respect.

#2 is because vertical-align and baseline-shift specify the same
thing, so one needs to be a shorthand of the other in order to
avoid conflicts. (XSL:FO defined vertical-align as the shorthand.)

#3 is because dominant-baseline is set based on the content of
the element, whereas alignment-baseline, baseline-shift, and
vertical-align are about the relationship of the element to its
parent.

~fantasai

Received on Tuesday, 20 May 2014 04:58:56 UTC