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

Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Feb 2017 15:46:33 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.org.w3c.whatwg.discuss,gmane.comp.web.css.general
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On 2/2/17 2:28 PM, fantasai wrote:
> On 02/02/2017 01:18 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>> 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.

Sure, but my point wasn't whether the behavior is _defined_.  It's that 
defining it requires thinking about the various cases, and having run-in 
makes for more cases to think about.

-Boris