Re: [css-flexbox] "scaled flex shrink factor" is it scaled by *inner* or *outer* flex base size? from Daniel Holbert on 2014-10-23 (www-style@w3.org from October 2014)

From: Daniel Holbert <dholbert@mozilla.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:53:22 -0700
To: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
CC: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <544986E2.1070102@mozilla.com>

On 10/23/2014 02:51 PM, Daniel Holbert wrote:
> The spec text in question is:
>    # For every unfrozen item on the line, multiply its
>    # flex shrink factor by its outer flex base size,
>    # and note this as its scaled flex shrink factor.
> http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/#scaled-flex-shrink-factor

Side note: the spec text that I'm asking about (above) is also
contradicted by a different chunk of spec text, from the definition of
'flex-shrink':

  # The flex shrink factor is multiplied by the
  # flex basis when distributing negative space.

http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/#flex-shrink-factor

We should make these consistent about "flex basis" vs. "outer flex base
size".  Those terms can refer to very different quantities, particularly
when margins/border/padding are involved.

~Daniel

Received on Thursday, 23 October 2014 22:53:50 UTC