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Re: [css-scroll-snap] snap alignment container (concept name)

From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 00:20:41 +0200
To: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <5727D2B9.3020902@inkedblade.net>
On 05/01/2016 10:40 PM, Brad Kemper wrote:
>
>> 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.

I'm happy with "scroll snapport" as well.

~fantasai
Received on Monday, 2 May 2016 22:21:14 UTC

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