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CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1 Disposition of Comments for 2014-03-25 LCWD

Last call document: https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-css-flexbox-1-20140325/

Editor's draft: https://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox-1/

The following color coding convention is used for comments:

• Accepted or Rejected and positive response
• Rejected and no response
• Rejected and negative response
• Deferred
• Out-of-Scope or Invalid and not verified

Open issues are marked like this

An issue can be closed as Accepted, OutOfScope, Invalid, Rejected, or Retracted. Verified indicates commentor's acceptance of the response.

Issue 1. #
Summary:  Which size do percentage heights on flex items resolve against?
From:     Greg Whitworth
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0062.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0073.html
Closed:   Invalid
Resolved: Editor's discretion

Issue 2. #
Summary:  Typos
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0090.html
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0091.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0100.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Editorial

Issue 3. #
Summary:  Excessive recalculation of free space
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0097.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0098.html
Closed:   Accepted
Verified: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0099.html
Resolved: Bugfix

Issue 4. #
Summary:  Mishandling of zero free space
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0106.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0113.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Bugfix

Issue 5. #
Summary:  Change 'flex' animatability to "yes, always"
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0169.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0175.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Bugfix

Issue 6. #
Summary:  Use inline size for block-axis percentage padding
From:     Christian Biesinger
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0184.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0015.html
Closed:   Rejected
Resolved: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0373.html

Issue 7. #
Summary:  Alternate wording for resolving flex lengths
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0223.html
Closed:   Retracted
Verified: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0252.html

Issue 8. #
Summary:  Alternate wording for resolving flex lengths Take II
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0253.html
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0398.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0026.html
Closed:   Accepted
Verified: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0027.html
Resolved: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0107.html
Note:     Current spec has both variants available for review.

Issue 9. #
Summary:  Better handling of max-height on flex containers
From:     Greg Whitworth
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0292.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0293.html
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0294.html
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0297.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0373.html

Issue 10. #
Summary:  Regression in flex resolution algorithm
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0311.html
Proposal: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0397.html
Closed:   Accepted
Verified: (In IRC)
Resolved: Editor's discretion

Issue 11. #
Summary:  Missing negation in description of 'auto'
From:     Greg Whitworth
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0430.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0016.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Bugfix

Issue 12. #
Summary:  Clarify impact of alignment properties on abspos items
From:     Rossen Atanassov
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0043.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Sep/0380.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Roughly resolved at WG discussion at Seoul F2F

Issue 13. #
Summary:  Make 'flex-basis: auto' compute through to main size property value
From:     Tab Atkins
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0046.html
Note:     This was discussed earlier, see
          https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jun/0029.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0192.html
Closed:   Rejected
Verified: WG member comment
Resolved: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0056.html

Issue 14. #
Summary:  Editorial comments
From:     Alan Stearns
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0057.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0195.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Editorial

Issue 15. #
Summary:  Editorial simplification of flex distribution step
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0169.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0197.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Editors' discretion

Issue 16. #
Summary:  Min-height tweak to skip intrinsic aspect ratio items
From:     Greg Whitworth
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0177.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0011.html
Response: https://www.w3.org/mid/53F3B6E3.50903@inkedblade.net
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Editors' discretion

Issue 17. #
Summary:  Typo
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0424.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0425.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Editorial

Issue 18. #
Summary:  min-size: auto rules should be main-axis specific
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0074.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0076.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Bugfix

Issue 19. #
Summary:  min-size: auto should reference 'width' only for flex-basis: auto
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0459.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0007.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Editors' discretion
Open:     NEEDS MORE REVIEW

Issue 20. #
Summary:  Need keyword for 'auto' flex-basis, which no longer = max-content
Proposal: Rename 'auto' to something else, make 'auto' the auto keyword.
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0107.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0008.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0051.html

Issue 21. #
Summary:  Cross-size of stretched flex size should be definite if flexbox is def
From:     Rossen Atanassov
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0040.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0012.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Was already fixed in previous LC!
Verified: 

Issue 22. #
Summary:  Advise authors to reorder focus order together with box order
From:     PFWG
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0247.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0256.html
Closed:   Rejected
Resolved: by CSSWG at Sophia F2F Sept 2014

Issue 23. #
Summary:  Masonry effect
From:     JK
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0046.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0053.html
Closed:   OutOfScope
Resolved: by CSSWG at Sophia F2F Sept 2014

Issue 24. #
Summary:  More precise definition for stretched items.
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0455.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0456.html
Closed:   Accepted
Verified: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/0458.html
Resolved: Bugfix

Issue 25. #
Summary:  Add flex-wrap: balance
From:     Cory Brown
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0099.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0100.html
Closed:   Deferred
Resolved: by CSSWG at Sophia F2F Sept 2014

Issue 26. #
Summary:  Better handling of main-axis percentages
From:     John Rimmer
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0290.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0010.html
Closed:   Accepted

Issue 27. #
Summary:  Intrinsic sizes vs. percentage children
From:     fantasai and Tab Atkins
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0009.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Sep/0383.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: by CSSWG at Sophia F2F Sept 2014

Issue 28. #
Summary:  Clarify "any definite size constraints"
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0053.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0268.html
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0270.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0271.html
Closed:   Accepted
Verified: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0273.html

Issue 29. #
Summary:  Possible typo in main-size keyword conversion
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0125.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0274.html
Closed:   Accepted

Issue 30. #
Summary:  Restrict min-size: auto overflow check to appropriate axis
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0317.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0319.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: Bugfix

Issue 31. #
Summary:  Question wrt interaction of text wrapping and flex wrapping
From:     Richard Dodd
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0395.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0440.html
Closed:   Invalid

Issue 32. #
Summary:  What is the flexbox height when computed height is indefinite?
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0438.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0283.html
Closed:   Invalid

Issue 33. #
Summary:  Shrinkwrapping of block-level flex containers undefined/suboptimal
From:     fantasai
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0502.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0293.html
Closed:   Rejected
Verified: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0293.html

Issue 34. #
Summary:  Overflow directions should relate to content ordering
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0380.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0285.html
Closed:   OutOfScope
Note:     Accepted edits into CSS Box Alignment instead.

Issue 35. #
Summary:  min-content default problematic for scroll root descendants
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0589.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0282.html
Closed:   Rejected
Verified:

Issue 36. #
Summary:  Should intrinsic aspect ratio be considered?
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0609.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jul/0616.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0042.html
Closed:   Invalid
Verified:

Issue 37. #
Summary:  Error in application of intrinsic ratio
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0098.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0288.html
Closed:   Invalid
Verified:

Issue 38. #
Summary:  Clarify non-application of ::first-line/::first-letter
From:     Tab Atkins
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0099.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0099.html
Closed:   Accepted

Issue 39. #
Summary:  max-content definition is wrong
From:     fantasai
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0277.html
Closed:   Accepted
Resolved: by CSSWG at Sophia F2F Sept 2014

Issue 40. #
Summary:  Back-compat concerns with Issue 20 renaming of 'auto'
From:     Daniel Holbert
Comment:  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Aug/0160.html
Response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Sep/0381.html
Open:     Closed as no change for now, but requesting more feedback during LC.