RE: [css-grid] improving the grid shorthand

> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-grid-1/issues-wd-20150917#issue-41
> 
> Eric pointed out earlier that 'grid' being able to set either template values OR
> auto-flow values is quite limiting:
>    https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2016Mar/0345.html
>    https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2016Apr/0093.html
> 
> In particular, when one wants to set up an auto-flow grid, one of the
> dimensions is *not* auto-flow, and therefore needs to set up an explicit
> template. For example, you'll set up your columns and auto-fill into rows. But
> the grid shorthand right now does not allow this, even though this is the
> primary usage pattern of auto-flow grids.
> 
> To fix this, we'd like to change the syntax of 'grid' to remove the current grid-
> auto branch
>    <‘grid-auto-flow’> [ <‘grid-auto-rows’> [ / <‘grid-auto-columns’> ]? ]?
> which isn't particularly useful, and instead extend the branch that sets grid-
> template-rows / grid-template-columns
>    <‘grid-template-rows’> / <‘grid-template-columns’> to also be able to
> specify auto-flow values.
> 
> Our current idea for this is
>    <grid-template-rows>  / [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-columns>? |
>    [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-columns>?  / <grid-template-columns>
> which merely extends the syntax for rows or columns in the shorthand to be
> either a track listing or an auto-flow setup.

I guess you meant:
    <grid-template-rows> / <grid-template-columns> |
    <grid-template-rows>  / [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-columns>? |
    [ auto-flow && dense? ] <grid-auto-rows>?  / <grid-template-columns>

Correct?

If yes, I think it makes sense.

Received on Thursday, 14 April 2016 20:58:27 UTC