ISSUE-48: Where is content displayed if the next page doesn't have a slot for it?

differing page templates

Where is content displayed if the next page doesn't have a slot for it?

State:

RAISED

Product:

CSS3 Template Layout

Raised by:

Bert Bos

Opened on:

2008-05-14

Description:

It is possible to attach a template to '@page :first' that is different from the template attached to '@page', e.g.,

@page :first {
display: "ab" "cd"
}
@page {
display: "ab" "cc"
}

In this case, content that overflows slots a, b or c will find a place on the next page(s), but where does content go that overflows slot d if that slot's 'overflow' property is not 'hidden'?

1) It is not displayed, because there is no slot for it.

2) It is displayed in the default slot of the next page (i.e., slot '@' or the top left one).

(The same may happen with named pages, if named pages can be forced to not repeat, as https://www.w3.org/Style/Group/css3-src/css3-gcpm/Overview.html#named3 currently proposes.)

On the principle that content should not be hidden from readers unless the author is explicit about hiding it, option 2 seems the best. It may destroy a layout, but then at least it is clear that something is wrong...

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