- From: Xianzhu Wang <wangxianzhu@chromium.org>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:07:59 -0700
- To: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CADBxrieKk7E7BX8qy4RuJdkTFHaQ+BecX1s5forU0fJr0a0eqw@mail.gmail.com>
(s/css-writing-mode/css-writing-modes/ in subject) On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org> wrote: > On 26/06/2017 00:16, Xianzhu Wang wrote: >> > >> I just tried http://output.jsbin.com/cufubiv on Firefox which supports >> logical properties to see how 'direction' and 'writing-mode' on TBODY are >> handled, and I summarize as below: >> - The properties affect logical styles; >> - The properties don't affect order of table rows and columns; > > I think this makes sense since there can be multiple tbody’s in the same > table. So the order/direction of rows and colums is based on the properties > of the table elements. > - The properties are inherited by descendants; > > >> I think Firefox's behavior is reasonable, but it would be better if the >> spec defined it more precisely. For example, we may need clarification >> about the applicability of 'writing-mode' (which is currently described as >> not applicable to table-row-groups, etc.), and how 'direction' (which is >> described as applicable to all elements) on table-row-groups etc. affects >> column order. >> >> Agreed. However, the spec looks unclear about this. Also if we think the Firefox behavior about logical properties is correct, the spec also looks inaccurate to say that 'writing-mode' is not applicable on tbody etc. because the property affects logical properties of the elements.
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