- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 16:37:47 -0700
- To: www-style@w3.org
On 05/07/2015 10:15 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > So, per a WG resolution from a while ago, I'm refactoring the Display > module to drop 'display-inside/outside' and instead just extend > 'display' to handle the things it allowed. While doing so, I realized > my previous spec text was papering over an awkward hole, and I could > fix that hole while solving a long-standing request at the same time. > [...] To summarize what Tab was saying, the proposal is to have the 'display' shorthand take the following syntax: display: none | [ <inside> || <outside> ] | <internal> where <outside> = block | inline | run-in ; <inside> = flow | flow-root | table | flex | grid | ruby ; <internal> = table-row-group | etc. with the following equivalencies: block flow => block block flow-root => BFC root inline flow => inline inline flow-root => inline-block the idea being that "flow" indicates the contents might interact with stuff from outside (this is true of both regular inlines and regular blocks), while "flow-root" indicates establishing a new formatting context. The term "flow" was taken from the HTML specs, where it indicates a mix of inline and block content. This is consistent with how CSS block containers accept a mix of inline and block content and format them together. ~fantasai
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