Re: [css-align] Should 'left'/'right' compute to 'start' also for 'align|justify-items'? from fantasai on 2015-11-23 (www-style@w3.org from November 2015)

From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:45:39 -0500
To: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <5653A523.20702@inkedblade.net>

On 11/23/2015 02:25 PM, Mats Palmgren wrote:
> On 11/21/2015 06:30 AM, fantasai wrote:
>> I think the best solution here would be to not compute left/right
>> to start, but to treat it as start when we're operating in the
>> wrong axis.
>
> Seems reasonable to me, please update the CSS Align spec.
>
> Just to confirm I understand you correctly: you're saying that all
> specified values containing 'left'/'right' should compute to the
> specified value, and that the used value is the computed value
> except when the property applies to the block axis in which case
> the used value is the computed value with the 'left'/'right'
> keyword replaced by 'start'.  And this applies to all align/
> justify properties specified in the CSS Align spec.
> Correct?

Correct.

~fantasai

Received on Monday, 23 November 2015 23:46:10 UTC