- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:04:55 -0700
- To: Francois Remy <francois.remy.dev@outlook.com>
- Cc: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, "Eric A. Meyer" <eric@meyerweb.com>, Rachel Andrew <rachelandrewuk@gmail.com>, Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com>
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Francois Remy <francois.remy.dev@outlook.com> wrote: >> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-grid-1/issues-wd-20150917#issue-41 >> >> Eric pointed out earlier that 'grid' being able to set either template values OR >> auto-flow values is quite limiting: >> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2016Mar/0345.html >> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2016Apr/0093.html >> >> In particular, when one wants to set up an auto-flow grid, one of the >> dimensions is *not* auto-flow, and therefore needs to set up an explicit >> template. For example, you'll set up your columns and auto-fill into rows. But >> the grid shorthand right now does not allow this, even though this is the >> primary usage pattern of auto-flow grids. >> >> To fix this, we'd like to change the syntax of 'grid' to remove the current grid- >> auto branch >> <‘grid-auto-flow’> [ <‘grid-auto-rows’> [ / <‘grid-auto-columns’> ]? ]? >> which isn't particularly useful, and instead extend the branch that sets grid- >> template-rows / grid-template-columns >> <‘grid-template-rows’> / <‘grid-template-columns’> to also be able to >> specify auto-flow values. >> >> Our current idea for this is >> <grid-template-rows> / [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-columns>? | >> [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-columns>? / <grid-template-columns> >> which merely extends the syntax for rows or columns in the shorthand to be >> either a track listing or an auto-flow setup. > > I guess you meant: > <grid-template-rows> / <grid-template-columns> | > <grid-template-rows> / [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-columns>? | > [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-rows>? / <grid-template-columns> > > Correct? > > If yes, I think it makes sense. No, we were explicitly replacing the existing grid-auto branch (see the sentence starting with "To fix this"). So yes, the existing "explicit rows/cols" and "ascii layout" branches stay. ~TJ
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