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Re: [css-grid] Update minmax() description now that fr is invalid as minimum

From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 15:10:25 -0700
To: Mats Palmgren <mats@mozilla.com>, www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <573A4551.4090507@inkedblade.net>
On 05/16/2016 09:19 AM, Mats Palmgren wrote:
>
> As I read it, "sized by a minmax() function" doesn't apply for
> minmax(1fr,...) because the value is simply invalid.  The track
> is sized by the (computed) value 'auto' in this case.
>
> I agree that the text could be clearer though.  Perhaps replace
> "If the track was sized with a minmax() function" with
> "If the computed value of the track sizing function is a minmax()
> function" ?
>
> "track sizing function" is a defined term in [1] and it excludes
> 'fr' in the min value in a minmax().  So it should be clear that
> the computed value is 'auto' in that case.
> (linking "track sizing function" from [4] to [1] would help too)

I'm a little confused what you mean by computing to 'auto'.
Invalid syntax causes the declaration to be thrown out,
not for it to compute to 'auto'...

~fantasai
Received on Monday, 16 May 2016 22:10:53 UTC

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