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Re: [css-writing-modes-3] (sizing phase) 'auto' height of child block in orthogonal flow

From: Koji Ishii <kojiishi@gluesoft.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 12:36:27 +0000
To: Jonathan Kew <jfkthame@gmail.com>
CC: Gérard Talbot <www-style@gtalbot.org>, Elika Etemad <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, W3C www-style mailing list <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <7F5499AA-60CA-4CEB-96C1-98D530DF87A7@gluesoft.co.jp>
On Apr 12, 2015, at 16:46, Jonathan Kew <jfkthame@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/4/15 07:42, Gérard Talbot wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/CSS3WritingModes/Orthogonal-flow-Example14.xht

>> 
>> 
>> What should be the used height of div#vertical-rl ?
>> 
>> In Chrome 40+ it is 64px ; its offsetHeight is 102px.
>> 
>> In IE11 and Firefox 40 it is 162px ; its offsetHeight is 200px;
> 
> Note that https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1151993 proposes to change Firefox's behavior here, and make it more like Chrome's.
> 
> JK
> 
>> 
>> I have read carefully sections 7.3, 7.3.1 and 7.3.2 and I am not sure
>> how the sizing of auto height block in orthogonal flow is supposed to be
>> achieved.
>> 
>> If I add more words in div#vertical-rl, then div#vertical-rl's used
>> height in Chrome is sized to 162px.

I read the same as Jonathan; "if the content neither line-wraps” applies this case. fantasai, could you confirm?

/koji

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