Re: [css-flexbox] intrinsic sizing

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Christian Biesinger
<cbiesinger@google.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Christian Biesinger
> <cbiesinger@google.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Christian Biesinger
>> <cbiesinger@google.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 5:19 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote:
>>>> Let me know if that addresses your concern.
>>>
>>> Yes... it does. (As a sidenote, why is flex-basis: available not
>>> definite? http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/#definite)
>>
>> After re-reading, there is another part here that requires layout to
>> calculate the intrinsic size, I think:
>> "3. Add each item’s flex basis [...]"
>>
>> The flex basis here may require layout, right? (flex-basis: content)
>
> Or maybe flex basis should say "flex base size"...?

"flex basis" is just the 'flex-basis', or the 'width'/'height'.  "flex
base size" is the one more likely to require layout; it's the value
calculated by 9.2.3 and then clamped to get the hypothetical main
size.

~TJ

Received on Wednesday, 6 May 2015 23:26:50 UTC