On 5/06/2011 11:53 PM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
Alan Gresley wrote:
It is really do with block flow direction.
http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-writing-modes/#text-flow
| The block flow direction is the direction in which
| block-level boxes stack and the direction in which
| line boxes stack within a block container. The
| ‘writing-mode’ property determines the block flow
| direction.
What you are observing is what happens in a Latin-based writing mode.
So, what would you expect to happen if the writing mode were
top-to-bottom ?
Would you then expect the DIVs to stack side by side ? I would not, but of
course I am always open to being surprised !
Philip Taylor
Do you have IE8, IE9 or IE10? If so, view these test. The first is like
Latin-based writing mode with LTR inline direction rotated 90 degrees
clockwise. Used for Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts.
http://css-class.com/test/css/bidi/kanji-test1-extra.htm
The second is a left to right mirror copy of the above in respect to
block flow direction. Use for old Mongolian script.
http://css-class.com/test/css/bidi/mongolian-test1-extra.htm
Then there is a writing mode that no uses but is like Mongolian vertical
but rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise.
http://css-class.com/test/css/bidi/steet-text-test1-extra.htm
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Alan Gresley
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http://css-class.com/
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