Re: [css-grid] Need to document that "justify-self:auto" means "start" on absos children, just like "align-self:auto" from fantasai on 2016-05-06 (www-style@w3.org from May 2016)

From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 15:18:56 -0700
To: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <572D1850.5050705@inkedblade.net>

On 04/29/2016 03:11 PM, Daniel Holbert wrote:
> Hi www-style,
>
> The grid spec has a special case for "align-self:auto" on abspos
> children in 11.2:
>    # For the purpose of calculating this static position,
>    # a value of 'align-self: auto' is treated identically
>    # to 'start'.
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-grid/#static-position
>
> QUESTION: don't we need the same special case for "justify-self:auto"?
>
> It looks like that's the intention, based on this line from the
> "Changes" section:
>    # Don’t follow 'auto' values of 'align-self' or
>    # 'justify-self' on absolutely-positioned children;
>    # just default to 'start' alignment.
> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-grid/#changes
>
> But I don't see any normative spec text that describes this behavior for
> "justify-self". So: I think my first spec-quote above (from 11.2) needs
> to be broadened to cover "justify-self" as well as "align-self".

Fixed, thanks!

~fantasai

Received on Friday, 6 May 2016 22:21:49 UTC