ACTION-482: Review appendix E and table cells, in relation to flexbox

Review appendix E and table cells, in relation to flexbox

State:
closed
Person:
David Baron
Due on:
July 11, 2012
Created on:
July 4, 2012
Related emails:
  1. [CSSWG] Minutes and Resolutions 2012-07-04 (from fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net on 2012-07-04)
  2. Re: [css3-flexbox] Paint flex items atomically? (from dbaron@dbaron.org on 2012-07-04)

Related notes:

http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C!DOCTYPE%20html%3E%0A%3Cstyle%3E%0A%23a%20div%20%7B%20background%3A%20aqua%3B%20color%3A%20blue%3B%20margin-right%3A%20-1em%20%7D%0A%23b%20div%20%7B%20background%3A%20yellow%3B%20color%3A%20brown%3B%20margin-left%3A%20-1em%20%7D%0A%3C%2Fstyle%3E%0A%3Ctable%3E%3Ctr%3E%0A%3Ctd%20id%3D%22a%22%3E%3Cdiv%3Ehello%3C%2Fdiv%3E%3C%2Ftd%3E%0A%3Ctd%20id%3D%22b%22%3E%3Cdiv%3Ehello%3C%2Fdiv%3E%3C%2Ftd%3E%0A%3C%2Ftr%3E%3C%2Ftable%3E shows that table cells actually do have block/inline overlap across table cells

I think this behavior is unintuitive and I'd prefer not having it for flexbox (i.e., having the float / inline-block behavior instead).

David Baron, 4 Jul 2012, 17:04:12

And this is related to http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-flexbox/issues-lc-2012#issue-5

David Baron, 4 Jul 2012, 17:05:43

completed by http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jul/0106.html

David Baron, 4 Jul 2012, 17:32:58

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