[css3-flexbox] Flexbox baseline when overflow is non-visible from Morten Stenshorne on 2012-09-06 (www-style@w3.org from September 2012) (original) (raw)

"Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> writes:

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Morten Stenshorne <mstensho@opera.com> wrote:

http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-flexbox/#flex-baselines

I cannot find any mention of what to do for flexboxes with non-visible overflow in the flexbox spec. CSS 2.1, on the other hand, says that if an inline-block has non-visible overflow, its baseline is its bottom margin edge. Wouldn't it make sense to do the same for inline-flex? What if the relevant item's baseline is in the overflowed area of its flex container?

Per WG discussion on today's telcon, we decided to go a different route. Authors are routinely confused by the inline-block behavior, so copying it didn't seem like a good idea.

Instead, we'll calculate baseline as normal, regardless of overflow, but if the element is scrollable, it must be treated as if it's at its initial scroll position for this calculation.

Is this acceptable? You can review the proposed edit in the current draft.

Looks fine to me. Thanks for the clarification.

What's the latest status regarding the plans about going CR, BTW?

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