Re: [css-logical-properties] the 'inline-{start,end}' values for 'float' and 'clear'

2015-11-13 13:59 GMT-08:00 Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>:

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> > On Nov 13, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Koji Ishii <kojiishi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Back up a bit, the original request was "is it safe to ship
> > 1-dimensional floats with logical directional values?" and while it'd
> > be ideal to figure out the final syntax for 2-dimensional floats to
> > answer to that question, I don't think it's absolutely required, as
> > long as we can agree that:
> >
> > 1. If no other 2-dimensional-related properties are set (e.g.,
> > float-reference), and
> > 2. If either 'start' or 'end' is specified
> >
> > we will handle it as 1-dimensional logical direction.
> >
> > I think this makes sense given the consistency with 1-dimensional
> > properties such a text-align, and shipping 1-dimensional logical
> > directional values before we finalize 2-dimensional syntax is
> > beneficial. Tab's response reads to me that Tab and fantasai are fine
> > with this.
>
> The problem is that it does depend on the final syntax somewhat. For the
> way I'd like it, start and end would be the values to use for one
> dimensional floats. But if 'start' ends up being short for 'start start'
> instead of 'start none', that that wouldn't work too well. It would change
> the meaning of 'float: start'. If we could agree that 'start' is short for
> 'start' in the inline direction and 'none' in the block direction, then I
> think 'start' and 'end' are the best choice.
>

IIUC, it would change "only if float-reference is set to non-initial
value," so I still believe we can resolve 1-dimensional syntax
independently.

/koji