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

Following up on this query from a couple of weeks ago:

On 17/9/15 17:17, Jonathan Kew wrote:
> CSS Logical Properties[1] introduces new 'inline-start' and 'inline-end'
> values, as an alternative to the existing 'left' and 'right' (which are
> treated as line-left and line-right for vertical modes, AIUI).
>
> We're ready to support these in Gecko[2], but in view of "issue 1" in
> the current ED:
>
> # Is this a 2-directional property? Should these just be 'start'/'end'?
>
> we'd like to check whether these values can be regarded as stable enough
> to implement?
>
> (FWIW, I think it's preferable to retain the 'inline-' on these values,
> both for consistency with lots of other logical-direction terminology,
> and because it seems very plausible that we may want additional values
> for 'float' in the future, at which point we might deeply regret using
> bare 'start' and 'end' values here.)
>
>
> A second point I'd like to clarify is that the [inline-]{start,end}
> values for 'float' are resolved according to the writing-mode and
> direction of the float's containing block, not those of the float
> itself. I believe this is what CSS Writing Modes normally expects, and
> is the more reasonable and useful behavior.
>
>
> Any comments, corrections, clarifications, contradictions, ...?
>
> JK
>
>
> [1] https://drafts.csswg.org/css-logical-props/#float-clear
> [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1122918


As we have patches here that are ready to land in Gecko, I'd like to ask 
for the WG's (and/or the spec editors') opinions: can we go ahead and 
implement the inline-{start,end} values as currently drafted, which 
implies we're considering Issue 1 in CSS Logical Properties to be closed 
with no change? Or do people want to bikeshed the names here before we 
ship these values?

Thanks,

JK

Received on Friday, 2 October 2015 12:13:09 UTC