- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 06:06:32 -0400
- To: www-style@w3.org
On 06/25/2015 09:08 AM, Koji Ishii wrote: > > Use case-wise, I think both use cases exist. I can't answer from top of my heads which is more common. > > From CSS and implementer perspective, I prefer the current WebKit/Blink behavior for three reasons: > > 1. The primary objective of the "central" vertical align is to align the center of lines. The value "middle" was defined as > the center of x-height, which does not work for CJK use cases. So from my point of view, "central" aligns characters to > characters (from user perspective, sometimes <img> are characters.) > > 2. Assuming my understanding of "both use cases exist", "middle" already serves one, so making "central" the same as "middle" > looses another use case. > > 3. I prefer less differences when in horizontal and in vertical, unless it's really needed. Taking the "central" of last line > box in horizontal flow while doing the "middle" of inline-block in vertical flow looks unnecessary difference to me. > > But this part was largely stolen from Steve's line box spec, fantasai wrote most of text in this section, reviewed by WG > members. I'd like to have other opinions. > > fantasai, Steve, could you chime in? I agree with your reasoning, Koji. :) ~fantasai
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