- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 13:40:48 -0700
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
> On Apr 30, 2016, at 11:25 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: > > There's an issue marked in the spec for a better name for this > concept: > > https://drafts.csswg.org/css-snappoints/#definitions > # snap alignment container > # A scroll container¡¯s snap alignment container is the > # rectangle obtained by reducing its visual viewport > # by its scroll-snap-padding. > # > # ISSUE: Better name for this concept? > > I propose ¡°scroll snap window¡±, ¡°snap window¡° for short! > (I.e. use ¡°snap window¡± but allow other specs to cross-link in to > ¡°scroll snap window¡± for better context.) > > Advantages: > * shorter and easy to pronounce > * relates to the concept of having a hole inside which we're > viewing stuff, which is what it is > * doesn't use the overloaded word ¡°viewport¡± > > Disadvantages: > * ??? It's OK, but I prefer "snap-port" to imply the relationship to the viewport.
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