Re:You want enabling CSS selectors, not disabling ones
by wruza on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:36PM
(#28376198)
If only we had <sizer> (or display:sizer) element that could expand, disappear on wrap and not count as a regular child (sort of like a space in a text node)… But that would be so '90s.
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Re:You want enabling CSS selectors, not disabling ones
by eyelidlessness on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:24AM
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I really think CSS gap is going to cover most of these needs. Adding decorative nodes to the DOM doesn’t seem like a good solution.
Re:You want enabling CSS selectors, not disabling ones
by wruza on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @04:39AM
(#28377578)
decorative nodes to the DOM doesn’t seem like a good solution
Why? You could add the same constraints to the sizer: min, max, flex shrink/grow, put a line or any other shape in it. It wouldn’t even take a separate “display” mode, just make :row-start, :row-end and :row-wrap pseudoclasses to control collapsibility of regular divs at the sides of a container (or whatever styling you need, anything). Instead they feed us yet another crippled special case with these gaps.