Re: [csswg][css-display] Updated WD of CSS Display L3

fantasai <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Feb 2017 14:28:55 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.org.w3c.whatwg.discuss,gmane.comp.web.css.general
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On 02/02/2017 01:18 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> On 2/1/17 6:07 PM, fantasai wrote:
>> Wrt this particular issue, run-ins only run into other blocks; they
>> do not exist in or affect layout modes other than block-and-inline.
>
> OK, so if I have a flex container with two kids, a run-in and a block, do I get one flex item or two flex items and why?  And
> did that require any thought about interactions?

You get two flex items, because being in a flex container overrides the outer display type of an element:
   https://www.w3.org/TR/css-flexbox-1/#flex-items

In other words, the run-in/inline/block distinction is ignored within a flex container.

~fantasai