Re: [css-grid] "Implied Minimum Size of Grid Items" for min-width:auto when 'overflow' is not 'visible'

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Mats Palmgren <mats@mozilla.com> wrote:
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-grid/#min-size-auto
> doesn't specify what happens for min-width:auto when 'overflow'
> is not 'visible'.
>
> Flexbox says:
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-flexbox/#min-size-auto
> "Otherwise, this keyword computes to 0 (unless otherwise defined by a future
> specification)."
>
> I assume Grid should say the same.

Actually, the Flexbox text applies to Grid (since Grid is a "future
specification").  Outside of the conditions that Grid defines for
"auto" doing something special, it computes to 0.

(This should really just be moved to the Sizing spec.)

> BTW, the "(unless otherwise defined by a future specification)" seems
> a bit redundant to me.  I mean, any spec text in any specification
> might be overridden by a future specification, right?  So I'm not
> sure what the editor is trying to convey by calling that out here.

Yes, it's technically redundant, but we add it whenever we want to
call out that is something which is highly likely to be overridden.

~TJ

Received on Thursday, 27 August 2015 15:36:11 UTC